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- catalog abstract ""Impartial Stranger approaches the questions of narrative in history-writing by examining specific literary genres and textual precursors embedded in the reconstruction of the past. It exploits the seam between literary criticism and philosophies of history in order to formulate a new model for reading history. The resulting synthesis permits a reevaluation of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire that queries the illusion of authorial omniscience. The analysis of particular cases of the interplay of dramatic and fictional forms in this eighteenth-century landmark provides a perspective on theories of historical narrative as well as an illustration of the problems encountered by Enlightenment historians in finding a satisfactory literary vehicle."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11545173.
- catalog coverage "Byzantine Empire Historiography.".
- catalog coverage "Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Historiography.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""Impartial Stranger approaches the questions of narrative in history-writing by examining specific literary genres and textual precursors embedded in the reconstruction of the past. It exploits the seam between literary criticism and philosophies of history in order to formulate a new model for reading history. The resulting synthesis permits a reevaluation of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire that queries the illusion of authorial omniscience.".
- catalog description "1. Tropes of Transcendence -- 2. Pandemonium and Romance -- 3. The Genres of the Fact -- 4. Translating the Sources: Dialogue or Bricolage? -- Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-281) and index.".
- catalog description "The analysis of particular cases of the interplay of dramatic and fictional forms in this eighteenth-century landmark provides a perspective on theories of historical narrative as well as an illustration of the problems encountered by Enlightenment historians in finding a satisfactory literary vehicle."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "290 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Impartial stranger.".
- catalog identifier "087413658X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Impartial stranger.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "Impartial stranger.".
- catalog spatial "Byzantine Empire Historiography.".
- catalog spatial "Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Historiography.".
- catalog subject "937/.06/072 21".
- catalog subject "DG311 .C67 1999".
- catalog subject "Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794. History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.".
- catalog subject "Historians in literature.".
- catalog subject "Intertextuality.".
- catalog subject "Literature and history.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Tropes of Transcendence -- 2. Pandemonium and Romance -- 3. The Genres of the Fact -- 4. Translating the Sources: Dialogue or Bricolage? -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Impartial stranger : history and intertextuality in Gibbon's Decline and fall of the Roman Empire / Peter Cosgrove.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".