Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons [Student Book] (Sixth Edition)
Author : Lori Verstegen
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 14,80 MB
Release : 2021
Category :
ISBN : 9781623413446
Author : Lori Verstegen
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 14,80 MB
Release : 2021
Category :
ISBN : 9781623413446
Author : Neville Morley
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 38,93 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801486333
How do ancient historians pursue their craft? From the evidence of coins, pottery shards, remains of buildings, works of art, and, above all, literary texts--all of which have survived more or less accidentally from antiquity--they fashion works of history. But how exactly do they go about reconstructing and representing the past? How should history be written? These and related questions are the subject of Neville Morley's engaging introduction to the theory and philosophy of history. Intended for students and teachers not only of ancient history but of historiography, the philosophy of history, and classics, his book addresses the implications of debates over methodological and theoretical issues for the practice of ancient history. At the present time, Morley says, students of ancient history are left to come to their own understanding of the field through a process of trial and error. In his view, too many professors regard "questions of theory and methodology... as pointless distractions from the business of actually doing history. Worse, [these questions] may even be perceived as a threat to the subject." Asserting that more attention must be given to fundamental matters, Morley considers such topics as the nature of historical narrative, style in historical writing, the use and abuse of sources, and the reasons for studying history.
Author : Luke Pitcher
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 36,78 MB
Release : 2010-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845119577
Well organised and laid out with attractive features for students, this book covers the subject of writing about ancient history.
Author : Roger S. Bagnall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 39,54 MB
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 135121456X
Since its first publication in 1995, Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History has proved to be an invaluable resource for students of the ancient world looking to integrate papyrological evidence into their research. In the quarter century since its publication, changes in the research environment have affected papyrology like other fields. Although the core philological methods of the field remain in place, the field has increasingly embraced languages other than Greek and Latin, with considerable impact on the Hellenistic and Late Antique periods. Digital tools have increased the ease and speed of access, with profound effects on research choices, and digital imaging and materiality studies have brought questions about the physical form of written materials to the fore. In this fully revised new edition, Bagnall adds to the previous analysis a portrait of how the use of papyri for historical research has developed during recent decades. Updated with the latest research and insights from the author, the volume guides historians in how to use these scattered and often badly damaged documents, and to interpret them in order to create a full and diverse picture of ancient society and culture. This second edition of Reading Papyri, Writing Ancient History continues to offer students and researchers of the ancient world a critical resource in navigating how to use these ancient texts in their research.
Author : Averil Cameron
Publisher :
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,55 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN :
philosophical theories of the text on contemporary discussions of ancient history. The essays range in topic from Hippocrates' corpus to the historicity of biblical Christianity. Each essay is critically introduced by Cameron (ancient history, King's College, London). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Kurt A. Raaflaub
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1118413113
Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World presents a cross-cultural comparison of the ways in which ancient civilizations thought about the past and recorded their own histories. Written by an international group of scholars working in many disciplines Truly cross-cultural, covering historical thinking and writing in ancient or early cultures across in East, South, and West Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas Includes historiography shaped by religious perspectives, including Judaism, early Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism
Author : Liba Taub
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 10,18 MB
Release : 2017-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0521113709
This book explores how science and mathematics were communicated in antiquity in a wide variety of texts, including poetry, letters and biographies.
Author : James Jerome Murphy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 29,53 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 0415897459
A Short History of Writing Instruction preserves the legacy of writing instruction from antiquity to contemporary times with a unique focus on the material, educational, and institutional context of the Western rhetorical tradition.
Author : Marc Van De Mieroop
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,21 MB
Release : 2005-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1134646410
Cuneiform Texts and the Writing of History discusses how the abundant Mesopotamian cuneiform text sources can be used for the study of various aspects of history: political, social, economic and gender. Marc Van De Mieroop provides a student-friendly introduction to the subject and: * criticises disciplinary methodologies which are often informed by a desire to write a history of events * scrutinises the intellectual background of historical writings * examines how Mesopotamia's position as the 'other' in Classical and Biblical writings has influenced scholarship * illustrates approaches with examples taken from the entirety of Mesopotamian history.
Author : Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 897 pages
File Size : 15,23 MB
Release : 2007-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0393070891
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own. This is the first volume in a bold series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope and vivid attention to the individual lives that give flesh to abstract assertions about human history. Dozens of maps provide a clear geography of great events, while timelines give the reader an ongoing sense of the passage of years and cultural interconnection. This old-fashioned narrative history employs the methods of “history from beneath”—literature, epic traditions, private letters and accounts—to connect kings and leaders with the lives of those they ruled. The result is an engrossing tapestry of human behavior from which we may draw conclusions about the direction of world events and the causes behind them.