The Resource Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History, Charlotte Roberts, (electronic resource)
Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History, Charlotte Roberts, (electronic resource)
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The item Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History, Charlotte Roberts, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College.
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- Summary
- "Edward Gibbon's presentation of character in both the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and in his posthumously published Memoirs demonstrates a prevailing interest in the values of transcendent heroism and individual liberty, but also an insistent awareness of the dangers these values pose to coherence and narrative order. In this study, Charlotte Roberts demonstrates how these dynamics also inform the 'character' of the Decline and Fall: in which ironic difference confronts enervating uniformity; oddity counters specious lucidity; and revision combats repetition. Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History explores the Decline and Fall as a work of scholarship and of literature, tracing both its expansive outline and its expressive details. A close examination of each of the three instalments of Gibbon's history reveals an intimate relationship between the style of Gibbon's narrative and the overall shape of his historiographical composition. The constant interplay between style and substance, or between the particular details of composition and the larger patterns of argument and narrative, informs every aspect of Gibbon's work: from his reception of established and innovative historiographical conventions to the expression of his narrative voice. Through a combination of close reading and larger literary and scholarly analysis, Charlotte Roberts conveys a sense of the Decline and Fall as a work more complex and conflicted, in its tone and structure, than has been appreciated by previous scholars, without losing sight of the grand contours of Gibbon's superlative achievement."--Amazon.com
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 1 online resource (185 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction: Shaping Edward Gibbon
- Gibbon's characters: identity and personhood in the Decline and Fall
- 'On the celebrated ground': equivalency in the first volume of the Decline and Fall
- 'To unite the most distant revolutions': inheritance in the second and third volumes of the Decline and Fall
- 'A solemn and mournful recollection': repetition in the fourth, fifth, and sixth volumes of the Decline and Fall
- The marmoreal Edward Gibbon: the Memoirs and the ruins of Rome
- Conclusion: Edward Gibbon and the shape of history
- Isbn
- 9780198704836
- Label
- Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History
- Title
- Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History
- Statement of responsibility
- Charlotte Roberts
- Subject
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- 31 f. Kr.-476 e. Kr. (kejsartiden)
- Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
- Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
- Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
- 30 B.C.-476 A.D
- History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon, Edward)
- Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Historiography
- Historians -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Edward Gibbon's presentation of character in both the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and in his posthumously published Memoirs demonstrates a prevailing interest in the values of transcendent heroism and individual liberty, but also an insistent awareness of the dangers these values pose to coherence and narrative order. In this study, Charlotte Roberts demonstrates how these dynamics also inform the 'character' of the Decline and Fall: in which ironic difference confronts enervating uniformity; oddity counters specious lucidity; and revision combats repetition. Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History explores the Decline and Fall as a work of scholarship and of literature, tracing both its expansive outline and its expressive details. A close examination of each of the three instalments of Gibbon's history reveals an intimate relationship between the style of Gibbon's narrative and the overall shape of his historiographical composition. The constant interplay between style and substance, or between the particular details of composition and the larger patterns of argument and narrative, informs every aspect of Gibbon's work: from his reception of established and innovative historiographical conventions to the expression of his narrative voice. Through a combination of close reading and larger literary and scholarly analysis, Charlotte Roberts conveys a sense of the Decline and Fall as a work more complex and conflicted, in its tone and structure, than has been appreciated by previous scholars, without losing sight of the grand contours of Gibbon's superlative achievement."--Amazon.com
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1985-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Roberts, Charlotte
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Gibbon, Edward
- Gibbon, Edward
- Gibbon, Edward
- Gibbon, Edward
- Historians
- Rome
- Label
- Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History, Charlotte Roberts, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and index
- Contents
- Introduction: Shaping Edward Gibbon -- Gibbon's characters: identity and personhood in the Decline and Fall -- 'On the celebrated ground': equivalency in the first volume of the Decline and Fall -- 'To unite the most distant revolutions': inheritance in the second and third volumes of the Decline and Fall -- 'A solemn and mournful recollection': repetition in the fourth, fifth, and sixth volumes of the Decline and Fall -- The marmoreal Edward Gibbon: the Memoirs and the ruins of Rome -- Conclusion: Edward Gibbon and the shape of history
- Control code
- ssj0001375566
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 1 online resource (185 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Available to multiple simultaneous users
- Isbn
- 9780198704836
- Lccn
- 2014930617
- Other physical details
- illustration
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0001375566
- Label
- Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History, Charlotte Roberts, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and index
- Contents
- Introduction: Shaping Edward Gibbon -- Gibbon's characters: identity and personhood in the Decline and Fall -- 'On the celebrated ground': equivalency in the first volume of the Decline and Fall -- 'To unite the most distant revolutions': inheritance in the second and third volumes of the Decline and Fall -- 'A solemn and mournful recollection': repetition in the fourth, fifth, and sixth volumes of the Decline and Fall -- The marmoreal Edward Gibbon: the Memoirs and the ruins of Rome -- Conclusion: Edward Gibbon and the shape of history
- Control code
- ssj0001375566
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 1 online resource (185 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Available to multiple simultaneous users
- Isbn
- 9780198704836
- Lccn
- 2014930617
- Other physical details
- illustration
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0001375566
Subject
- 31 f. Kr.-476 e. Kr. (kejsartiden)
- Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
- Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
- Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
- 30 B.C.-476 A.D
- History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon, Edward)
- Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Historiography
- Historians -- Great Britain -- Biography
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