عنوان

Space and time in ancient Greek narrative /

(Number (ISBN

0511749996

(Number (ISBN

0511750730

(Number (ISBN

9780511749995

(Number (ISBN

9780511750731

Erroneous ISBN

0521190983

Erroneous ISBN

9780521190985

Number

b788454

Title Proper

Space and time in ancient Greek narrative /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Alex C. Purves.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2010.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xi, 273 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Text of Note

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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Text of Note

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 plot, inspired by advances in cartography, travel, and geometry. Her analysis of the temporal and spatial dimensions of ancient narrative leads to new interpretations of important texts by Homer, Herodotus, and Xenophon, among others, showing previously unnoticed connections between epic and prose. Drawing on the methods of classical philology, narrative theory, and cultural geography, Purves recovers a poetics of spatial representation that lies at the core of the Greeks' conception of their plots.

Title

Space and time in ancient Greek narrative.

International Standard Book Number

9780521190985

Geography in literature.

Greek literature-- History and criticism.

Space and time in literature.

Geografie

Geographie.

Geography in literature.

Greek literature.

Griechisch

LITERARY CRITICISM-- Ancient & Classical.

Literatur

Raum

Space and time in literature.

Zeit

Griechisch.

7

LIT-- 004190

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

System Code

System Code

Purves, Alex C.,1972-

Date of Transaction

20201207020152.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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