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The Classical Plot and the Invention of Western Narrative - Hardcover

Lowe, N. J.

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9780521771764: The Classical Plot and the Invention of Western Narrative
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ISBN 10: 0521771765 ISBN 13: 9780521771764
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Synopsis

This is the story of how Western literature first developed its distinctive taste for the kind of tight, economical plotting still employed in modern fiction and cinema. The book shows how this taste was formed in Greco-Roman antiquity out of a series of revolutions in storytelling, centered on Homer, early tragedy, Hellenistic comedy, and the Greek love-novels of the early centuries AD. Along the way, it draws on cognitive science and current literary theory to offer a resilient yet accessible new theory of what "plot" is and how it works.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521771765
ISBN 13 
9780521771764
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
308
Rating
  • 4.29 out of 5 stars
    7 ratings by Goodreads