Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
1. Chapter I: Paris in Parallel: Classical Biography in an Age of Revolution.2. Chapter II: Ancient Biographers and Modern Classicists: "What is Truth?".3. Chapter III: Biography as Representation: Plutarch's Parallel Lives.4. Chapter IV: Biography as Censure: Suetonius and Procopius.5. Chapter V: Biography as Persuasion: The Christian Gospels.6. Chapter VI: Biography as Inner Drama: Athanasius's Life of Saint Antony.7. Chapter VII: Heroic Biography: Carlyle & Co.7. Chapter VIII: Caustic Biography: Strachey & Co.8. Conclusion: "Beauty is Terror".