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Auteur(s) : Wiater, Nicolas
Titre(s) : The ideology of classicism [Texte imprimé] : language, history, and identity in Dionysius of Halicarnassus / by Nicolas Wiater
Publication : Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, c2011
Description matérielle : xi, 395 p. ; 24 cm
Collection : Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte, ISSN 1862-1112 ; Bd. 105
Lien à la collection : Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte
Comprend : Introduction : The Aims and Methods of This Study ; Reviving the Past : Language and
Identity in Dionysius' Classicism ; History and Criticism : The Construction of a
Classicist Past ; Knowledge and Elitism: Being a Classicist Critic ; Enacting Distinction
: The Interactive Structure of Dionysius' Writings ; Conclusions
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes
"So far, the critical writings of Dionysius of Halicarnassus have mainly attracted
interest from historians of ancient linguistics. The Ideology of Classicism proposes
a novel approach to Dionysius' œuvre as a whole by providing the first systematic
study of Greek classicism from the perspective of cultural identity. Drawing on cultural
anthropology and Social Identity Theory, Wiater explores the world-view bound up with
classicist criticism. Only from within this ideological framework can we understand
why Greek and Roman intellectuals in Augustan Rome strove to speak and write like
Demosthenes, Lysias, and Isocrates. Topics addressed by this study include Dionysius'
view of the classical past; mimesis and the aesthetics of reading; language and identity;
Dionysius' view of the Romans, their power and the role of Greek culture within it;
Greek classicism and the contemporary controversy about Roman identity among Roman
intellectuals; the self-image as Greek intellectuals in the Roman empire of Dionysius
and his addressees; the dialogic design of Dionysius' essays and how it implements
a sense of elitism and distinction; Dionysius' attitudes towards communities competing
with him for leadership in rhetorical education and criticism, such as the Peripatetics
and Stoics."--Publisher's website
Sujet(s) : Denys d'Halicarnasse (006.? av. J.-C.-0007?) -- Critique et interprétation
Hellénisme -- Rome
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783110256581 (hardcover) (alk. paper). - ISBN 3110256584 (hardcover) (alk. paper).
- ISBN 9783110259117 (ebk.). - ISBN 3110259117 (ebk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb424575921
Notice n° :
FRBNF42457592
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