Epitomic Writing in Late Antiquity and Beyond
Sacchi, Paolo Felice / Formisano, Marco![Epitomic Writing in Late Antiquity and Beyond](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/443/44352788/CHSBZCOP0344352788.jpg)
This volume makes a powerful argument for epitome (combining textual dismemberment and re-composition) as a broad hermeneutic field encompassing multifarious historical, conceptual and aesthetical concerns. The contributors gather from across the globe to present case studies of the 'summing up' of cultural artefacts, literary and artistic, in epitomic writing, and as a collective they demonstrate the importance of this genre that has been lar...