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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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
University of Toronto Press,
1989.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.