The Resource Space and time in ancient Greek narrative, Alex C. Purves
Space and time in ancient Greek narrative, Alex C. Purves
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 273 pages)
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780511750731
- Label
- Space and time in ancient Greek narrative
- Title
- Space and time in ancient Greek narrative
- Statement of responsibility
- Alex C. Purves
- Title variation
- Space et Time in Ancient Greek Narrative
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DEBBG
- Characteristic
- unknown
- Dewey number
- 880.9/32
- Language note
- Includes passages in Greek with English translations
- LC call number
- PA3015.G44
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/verfasser
- rO4nkq87muE
- Label
- Space and time in ancient Greek narrative, Alex C. Purves
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes
- http://library.link/vocab/branchCode
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- net
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn967417163
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 273 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780511750731
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1017/CBO9780511750731
- http://library.link/vocab/recordID
- .b37448304
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)967417163
- cbo0521190983
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