Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History
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Word Count
52,000 words, Guess
Page Count
208 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27555020M
- ISBN-100198704836
- ISBN-139780198704836
- OCLC Control Number889562997
- OCLC Control Number870290731
and 1 more
- Better World Books9780198704836
Classifications
- LCCDG311
- LCCDG311 .R63 2014
Description
Edward Gibbon's presentation of character in both the 'History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' and in his posthumously published 'Memoirs' demonstrates a prevailing interest in the values of transcendent heroism and individual liberty, but also an insistent awareness of the dangers these values pose to coherence and narrative order. Roberts explores the 'Decline and Fall' as a work of scholarship and of literature, tracing both its expansive outline and its expressive details.
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