Thomas Warton Professor of English David Womersley: The Routledge Guidebook to Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

The Routledge Guidebook to Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire


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Edward Gibbon s History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire immediately captured the attention of a wide readership and has remained popular ever since. However, it is also an extremely complex work, published in multiple volumes, which covers a enormous range of topics and drew on a variety of sources and historiographic traditions. In this guidebook, David Womersley introduces the ideas, context and influence of this monumental work to a modern audience. This book: Provides a lucid account of the key arguments and narrative features of The Decline and Fall Explains how and where Gibbon is original in his historical arguments Balances analysis of notorious elements in the history with less well-known elements Relates the narrative of The Decline and Fall to the political background of its own time. "


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Author: Thomas Warton Professor of English David Womersley
Number of Pages: 288 pages
Published Date: 01 Dec 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9780415644433
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