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The 'Second Sophistic' is arguably the fastest-growing area in contemporary classical scholarship. This short, accessible account explores the various ways in which modern scholarship has approached one of the most extraordinary literary phenomena of antiquity, the dazzling oratorical culture of the Early Imperial period. Successive chapters deal with historical and cultural background, sophistic performance, technical treatises (including the issue of Atticism and Asianism), the concept of identity, and the wider impact of sophistic performance on major authors of the time, including Plutarch, Lucian and the Greek novelists.
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The 'Second Sophistic' is arguably the fastest-growing area in contemporary classical scholarship. This short, accessible account explores the various ways in which modern scholarship has approached one of the most extraordinary literary phenomena of antiquity, the dazzling oratorical culture of the Early Imperial period.
About the Author
Timothy Whitmarsh has been Junior Research Fellow, St John's College, Cambridge (1997-1999) and
Fellow, Director of Studies and College Lecturer in Classics, St John's College, Cambridge (1999-2001). Currently he is Reader in Greek Literature, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Exeter.
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0198568819
- ISBN 13 9780198568810
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages106
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