Theophrastus' Characters: A New Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780367607050 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 112 str.

Sonia Pertsinidis

Opis

This book offers and introduction to Characters, a series of thirty brief sketches of character types drawn from urban life in ancient Athens written by Theophrastus.

Recenzje

"With this book, Pertsinidis offers the broader reading public a friendly, clear and vivid introduction to what is indeed one of the most influential texts of classical literature. This book will be very useful for students in classics as well as anyone else with an interest in the ancient world. It contains everything that a general reader needs to know before taking the decision to delve systematically into Theophrastus’ text." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review 

Spis treści

Sources and abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Theophrastus: his life, works and character; 2. Before and after Theophrastus’ Characters; 3. The Characters as a comedy of manners; 4. Behaving badly: ethics and the Characters; 5. Style, delivery and the role of character in rhetoric; 6. Epilogue: conclusions and implications; Index

O autorze

Sonia Pertsinidis a lecturer in Classics at The Australian National University.