A history of autobiography in antiquity
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A history of autobiography in antiquity
（International library of sociology, 96,
Routledge, 1998, c1950
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Geschichte der Autobiographie
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Reprint: First published in England, 1950 by Routledge and Kegan Paul
Part 2 includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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pt. 1 ISBN 9780415176088
Description
This is Volume IV of 9 historical works from the International Library of Sociology. This is part one of two looking at the history of the autobiography. Appearing in isolation as they do, autobiographies demand for their description and appreciation, a comprehensive view of the development of the human mind. This volume covers the conception and the origin of autobiography, looking at ancient civilisations of the Middle East, classical Greece and Greco-Roman periods.
Table of Contents
Conception and Origin of Autobiography, Autobiography in the Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East, Part 1: The Development of Autobiography in the Post-Homeric and Classical Epochs in Greece, Part 2: Autobigraphy in the Hellenistic and Greco-Roman World.
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pt. 2 ISBN 9780415176095
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This is Volume V of nine historical works from the International Library of Sociology. This is part two of two looking at the history of the autobiography. Appearing in isolation as they do, autobiographies demand for their description and appreciation, a comprehensive view of the development of the human mind. This volume covers the development of autobiogrpahy in the Philosophic and Religious Movement; general tendencies of autobiography near the end of the fourth century.
Table of Contents
VOLUME II: Part II (continued) III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN THE PHILOSOPHIC AND RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT I. The Disclosure of Personality in Cicero's Letters II. Self-portrayal in Realistic Literature: Lucian. III. The Portrayal of Individuality in Philosophic Self-scrutiny Seneca. Epictetus. Marcus Aurelius. IV. Religious Self-portrayal and the Life-Story of the Soul (I) The Hellenistic type of Stories of Conversion (2) States of ecstasy and dreams as a literary theme: the Sacred Discourses of Aelius Aristides (3) The History of the Soul in Hellenistic Mysticism (4) The Influence of Christianity and its Historic Background Part III THE FLOWERING OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN LATE ANTIQUITY CHAP. I. GENERAL TENDENCIES OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY NEAR THE END OF THE FOURTH CENTURY. I. The Autobiography of the rhetorician Libanius. II. Self-portrayal of Christian Prelates in the ecclesiastical controversies and struggles for power: Priscillian, Nestorius III. Ascetic Literature and Public Confession: the Transition from confessional practices to the Literary Form of Confessions IV. Neoplatonic self-communion and the Christian religion II. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL POEMS OF GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS I. The prelate's autobiography II. The Neoplatonic Christian's metaphysical and religious poetry III. THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE I. The self-scrutiny of the new convert In the Soliloquies II. The metaphysical and religious interpretation of the story of Augustine's life In the Confessions III. The construction of the Confessions IV. LATE PRODUCTIONS OF ANCIENT AUTOBIOGRAPHY I. The spread of the Literature of Confessions in the fifth Century: Ennodius, Paulinus of Pella, Patrick II. The deepening of Writers' Autobiography in Augustine's Retractations III. The Wisdom of the Ancients in the changing World: Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy
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The subjects covered by this set are wide-ranging and international. Works included seek to understand the social causes and consequences of key events in world history, and the set includes influential work by Georg Misch. Smelser's book on social change in the industrial revolution, included here, was a landmark book in the development of industrial sociology.
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