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Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative- - Couverture souple

Purves, Alex C.

 
9781107647909: Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative-
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1107647908 ISBN 13 : 9781107647909
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alex Purves is Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1107647908
ISBN 13 
9781107647909
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
286
Coordonnées du fabricant
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