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Introduction: The Authoritative Historian

Kingsley, K. Scarlett, Monti, Giustina and Rood, Tim (2022) Introduction: The Authoritative Historian. In: The Authoritative Historian: Tradition and Innovation in Ancient Historiography. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 1-15. ISBN 9781009159456

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This chapter introduces the volume’s central concern, the triangulation of historiography, authority, and tradition. It historicizes the emergence of John Marincola’s seminal Authority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography by looking to its roots in reader response theory and the alliance of rhetoric and historiography. It further suggests that while the ‘death of the author’ has challenged the position of the author as a site of privileged narrative authority, historiographers can productively attend to the function of the author by turning to advances in feminist narratology.

Keywords:Authoritative historian, Ancient Historiography, narratology, authority, reader response, feminist narratology, historiography
Subjects:Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q690 Latin studies not elsewhere classified
V Historical and Philosophical studies > V110 Ancient History
Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q730 Classical Greek Literature in Translation
Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q990 Linguistics, Classics and related subjects not elsewhere classified
Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q800 Classical studies
Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q700 Classical Greek studies
Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q620 Latin Literature
Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q630 Latin Literature in Translation
Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q610 Latin Language
Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q790 Classical Greek studies not elsewhere classified
Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q720 Classical Greek Literature
Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q600 Latin studies
Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q890 Classical studies not elsewhere classified
Q Linguistics, Classics and related subjects > Q710 Classical Greek Language
Divisions:College of Arts > Lincoln School of Humanities and Heritage > Lincoln School of Humanities and Heritage (Heritage)
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