TY - GEN T1 - Décadence : "Decline and Fall" or "Other Antiquity"?. T2 - Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften, Neue Folge, 2. Reihe. A1 - Formisano, Marco A2 - Fuhrer, Therese A2 - Stock, Anna-Lena LA - English LA - French LA - German PP - Heidelberg PB - Universitätsverlag Winter YR - 2014 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn894790156 AB - No scholar today would describe late antiquity as an age of "decline and fall", as Gibbon did; instead, to use Marrou's term, it is seen as an "other antiquity", which deserves to be investigated on its own terms. Yet the idea of a decadent period, accompanied by a fascination for the image of antiquity on the wane, continues to live in scholarly minds, as is suggested, after all, by the recurring insistence on the point that late antiquity was not a period of decline. This collection of papers engages in a productive way with the fascination exerted by the concept of an era in decline and a l. OP - 355 CN - PQ4085 .F384 2014 SN - 9783825373955 SN - 3825373959 SN - 3825361624 SN - 9783825361624 KW - Classical literature : History and criticism : Congresses. KW - Civilization, Greco-Roman : Congresses. KW - Degeneration in literature : Congresses. KW - Littérature ancienne : Histoire et critique : Congrès. KW - Civilisation gréco-romaine : Congrès. KW - Dégénérescence dans la littérature : Congrès. KW - Civilization, Greco-Roman KW - Classical literature KW - Degeneration in literature KW - Spätantike KW - Kultur KW - Niedergang KW - Antike KW - Dekadenz KW - Untergang KW - Antik litteratur : historia. KW - Kulturhistoria. KW - Conference papers and proceedings KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -