Table of Contents

1. Sidonius' world; 2. Self and status; reading 'Sidonius' in the Epistles; 3. Reading time: Erzählzeit and Lesezeit; 4. Reading epistolary characters; 5. Narrating dialogue; 6. Arrangement; Epilogue; Appendix I: timeline 378–485; Appendix II: catalogue of content and addressees

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Sidonius' rich and varied letters recount the defining stories of Roman Gaul's transition into the barbarian successor kingdoms.

About the Author

M. P. Hanaghan is Research Fellow (Latin Christianity in Late Antiquity) at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. His research is principally focused on epistolography, panegyric, and historiography, especially intertextuality, narratology, visuality and reader response.