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PublisherEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press
ISBN-101474475604
ISBN-139781474475600
eBay Product ID (ePID)2342202016
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Number of Pages296 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRethinking Hellenistic Historiography : The Immersive Histories of Duris, Phylarchus and Agatharchides
SubjectHistoriography, Ancient / Greece, Modern / 21st Century
Publication Year2025
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorLisa Irene Hau
SeriesEdinburgh Studies in Hellenistic History and Culture Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsLisa Hau re-examines the now-lost works of 'tragic history' (traditionally dismissed as an inferior sub-genre of Hellenistic historiography). In this ground-breaking study, she demonstrates that these historians composed innovative works of immersive history intended to provide an intense emotional connection to the events narrated, revealing them to be not only representative of the zeitgeist of their times, but surprisingly modern in their experiential approach to the past., Lisa Hau re-examines the now-lost works of 'tragic history' (traditionally dismissed as an inferior sub-genre of Hellenistic historiography). In this groundbreaking study, she demonstrates that these historians composed innovative works of immersive history intended to provide an intense emotional connection to the events narrated, revealing them to be not only representative of the zeitgeist of their times, but surprisingly modern in their experiential approach to the past., In clear and engaging prose, Hau tackles the problematic notion of 'tragic history' among the Hellenistic historians. She reconfigures its characteristic elements as 'immersive historiography', which aimed to teach readers about the human experience as seen through past events. Along the way, she provides thought-provoking connections between historical practice in the ancient world and the twenty-first century.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal938.08
Table Of ContentList of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Part I. The Fragments of Duris, Phylarchus and Agatharchides 1. Duris of Samos 2. Phylarchus 3. Agatharchides of Cnidus Conclusion to Part 1: The Immersive History of Duris, Phylarchus and Agatharchides Part II: Immersive History in Context 4. Immersive History: the View from Ancient Literary Criticism 5. The Peripatetic Connection 6. The Cultural Context: Poetry and Art Conclusion Bibliography Index
SynopsisThis book offers a new examination of the so-called tragic historiographers Duris and Phylarchus, as well as the 2nd century BCE historiographer Agatharchides, using Polybius as a foil throughout. Lisa Irene Hau investigates the fragments and discusses the characteristics of each historical work in terms of themes, style and historiographical method. The analysis shows that these three historiographers deliberately wrote a different type of history from Ephorus and Theopompus, aiming to engage the reader sensually and emotionally in the historical narrative. Hau suggests 'immersive historiography' as a more fitting term than 'tragic history', and argues that the purpose of this experiential engagement of the readers was didactic: to teach them what it had been like to live through events of the past. In the second half of the book, immersive historiography is placed in the context of ancient literary theory, Peripatetic philosophy and Hellenistic poetry and visual art. Applying the theory of immersion to ancient texts and placing these 'tragic' historians in their contemporary cultural context provides a new and innovative way of understanding of Hellenistic historiography.
