Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory

Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory explores how ancient Greeks and Romans represented their past, and how modern literature and scholarship have approached the reception and transmission of some aspects of ancient culture. It demonstrates how humanity has conveyed memory and history with (sub)conscious biases and preconceived ideas, and offers valuable scholarly perspectives to academics and scholars interested in memory, historiography, and representations of the past in the ancient world.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 324 pages
Publication date: 29 January 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Making and Unmaking Ancient Memory delves into the intricate ways in which ancient Greeks and Romans portrayed their past, and subsequently, how modern literature and scholarship have approached the reception and transmission of certain aspects of ancient culture. The contributions, divided into three sections – Political Legacies, Religious Identities, and Literary Traditions – explore compelling case studies in memory and reception of the past. By examining the techniques and strategies of ancient historiography, biography, hagiography, and art, as well as their efficacy, this volume underscores how humanity has, inevitably, conveyed memory and history with (sub)conscious biases and preconceived ideas. In the contemporary era of alternative facts, fake news, and post-truth discourses, these chapters emphasize that such phenomena are by no means a recent development.

This book provides invaluable scholarly insights to academics and scholars engaged in the study of memory, historiography, and representations of the past in the ancient world, as well as those working in the fields of literary traditions and reception studies more broadly.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032251349