Fiction as History

Nero to Julian

G. W. Bowersock

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University of California Press
20 April 2018

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; The Early Church; History of ideas

Series: Sather Classical Lectures

Using pagan fiction produced in Greek and Latin during the early Christian era, G. W. Bowersock investigates the complex relationship between ""historical"" and ""fictional"" truths. This relationship preoccupied writers of the second century, a time when apparent fictions about both past and present were proliferating at an astonishing rate and history was being invented all over again. With force and eloquence, Bowersock illuminates social attitudes of this period and persuasively argues that its fiction was influenced by the emerging Christian Gospel narratives.

Enthralling in its breadth and enhanced by two erudite appendices, this is a book that will be warmly welcomed by historians and interpreters of literature.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1994.

By: G. W. Bowersock
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 58
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780520301306
ISBN 10: 0520301307
Series: Sather Classical Lectures
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 20 April 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

G.W. Bowersock is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Among his many books are Roman Arabia and Hellenism in Late Antiquity. He is coeditor of A. D. Momigliano: Studies on Modern Scholarship. His most recent book is The Crucible of Islam.