Latin Biography

<p>First published in 1967 <i>Latin Biography </i>contains chapters on Nepos Plutarch and Suetonius the three best-known Classical biographers. There are also accounts of the less-familiar works of Q. Curtius Rufus and the author – or authors – of the <i>Historia Augusta </i>and three chapters deal with the development of Latin biography in the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages were indebted to Suetonius Shakespeare to Plutarch Gibbon to the <i>Historia Augusta. </i>Since the Renaissance their methods have gradually been superseded by a more critical and scientific approach but the ancient biographers can always claim the credit for having established biography as a major form of literature. This book will be of interest to students of literature and classical studies.</p>