Qui vitas aliorum scribere orditur: Narratological implications of fictional authors in the Historia Augusta

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Abstract

About the alleged authorship of the Historia Augusta, and how the unknown author tries to hide his identity behind a host of fictitious authors, in the attribution of the individual books as well as in the historical narration itself. It appears that that author tries to present his collection of books as the surviving part of a more complete manuscript, while in fact the collection is just as it is: a work full of lacunae, lacking preface and epilogue, all smothered in contradictory authorial comments meant to delude the reader.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWriting Biography in Greece and Rome
Subtitle of host publication Narrative Technique and Fictionalization
EditorsKristoffel Demoen, Koen De Temmerman
Place of PublicationCambridge
PublisherCambridge University Press
Pages240-256
ISBN (Print) 9781316422861
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

Keywords

  • biography
  • historia augusta
  • fourth century AD
  • Roman empire
  • latin literature
  • narratology

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