Space and time in ancient Greek narrative /

In this wide-ranging survey of ancient Greek narrative from archaic epic to classical prose, Alex Purves shows how stories unfold in space as well as in time. She traces a shift in authorial perspective, from a godlike overview to the more focused outlook of human beings caught up in a developing pl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Purves, Alex C., 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Geography in literature.
Space and time in literature.
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Géographie dans la littérature.
Littérature grecque > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Greek literature.
Literatur
Raum > Motiv
Zeit > Motiv
Geografie
Griechisch
Griechisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the perfect surveyor
  • The eusynoptic Iliad : visualizing space and movement in the poem
  • Paths and measures : epic space and the Odyssey
  • The world in the hand : Anaximander, Pherecydes, and the invention of cartography
  • Map and narrative : Herodotus's histories
  • Losing the way home : Xenophon's Anabasis
  • Finding (things at) home : Xenophon's Oeconomicus.

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