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Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative (Paperback)
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Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative (Paperback)
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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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