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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | Writing Biography in Greece and Rome |
Subtitle of host publication | Narrative Technique and Fictionalization |
Editors | Kristoffel Demoen, Koen De Temmerman |
Place of Publication | Cambridge |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 240-256 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781316422861 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- biography
- historia augusta
- fourth century AD
- Roman empire
- latin literature
- narratology