| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) : 1 illustration (black and white) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Annotation Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History is a detailed examination of Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire as a work of scholarship and of literature. It combines literary close reading with historical analysis in order to demonstrate that the constant interplay between the particular details of composition and the larger patterns of argument and narrative informs every aspect of Gibbon's work. Dr Roberts conveys asense of the Decline and Fall as a work more complex and conflicted, in its tone and structure, than has been appreciated by previous scholars, but without losing sight of the grand contours of Gibbon's superlative achievement. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Shaping Edward Gibbon -- Gibbon's characters: identity and personhood in the Decline and Fall -- 'On the celebrated ground': equivalency in the first volume of the Decline and Fall -- 'To unite the most distant revolutions': inheritance in the second and third volumes of the Decline and Fall -- 'A solemn and mournful recollection': repetition in the fourth, fifth, and sixth volumes of the Decline and Fall -- The marmoreal Edward Gibbon: the Memoirs and the ruins of Rome -- Conclusion: Edward Gibbon and the shape of history. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
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History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon, Edward) |
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome. |
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Rome (Empire) |
| Chronological Term |
30 B.C.-476 A.D |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roberts, Charlotte. Edward Gibbon and the shape of history. First edition 9780198704836 |
| ISBN |
9780191014901 (electronic book) |
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0191014907 (electronic book) |
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9781322008608 (electronic book) |
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1322008604 (electronic book) |
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9780198704836 |
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0198704836 |
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9780191789458 |
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0191789453 |
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