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The historical method of Herodotus /

Herodotus was the first writer in the West to conceive the value of creating a record of the recent past. He found a way to co-ordinate the often conflicting data of history, ethnology, and culture. The Historical Method of Herodotus explores the intellectual habits and the literary principles of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lateiner, Donald (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©1989.
Colección:Phoenix. Supplementary volume ; 23.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The Nature of the Investigation ; The 'Difference' of Herodotus
  • part 1. Rhetoric: How Herodotus Recreates the Past. A New Genre, a New Rhetoric
  • part 2. The Presentation of His Research: The Historian's Power. Introduction to Part Two ; Selection: Explicit Omission ; Alternative Versions: The Reader's Autonomy ; Disputation: Herodotus' Use of Written Sources
  • part 3. Poiesis: How Herodotus Makes Sense of Historical Facts. Introduction to Part Three ; The Place of Chronology ; Limit, Propriety, and Transgression: A Structuring Concept in the Histories ; Ethnography as Access to History ; Historiographical Patterning: 'The Constitutional Debate'
  • part 4. Meaning and Method: How Herodotus Makes Particulars Resonate. Event and Explanation: Herodotean Interpretations ; The Failure and Success of Herodotus.