Charlotte Roberts is an author with a broad scope, writing fiction like Dance of Change and the children's book Madeleine Goes to the Moon. Her non-fiction contributions include The Archaeology of Disease and Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History.
Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History
Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History
Synopsis
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. Roberts explores the 'Decline and Fall' as a work of scholarship and of literature, tracing both its expansive outline and its expressive details.
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Edward Gibbon and the Shape of HistoryHardcover, Sep
208 pages
Oxford University PressLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9780198704836First Edition3 editions available
