Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative

Alex C. Purves

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ISBN 10: 0521190983 ISBN 13: 9780521190985

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Unbekannte Unterschrift / Widmung / Aufkleber; Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. 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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Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative

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Cambridge University Press

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2010

Language

English

ISBN 10

0521190983

ISBN 13

9780521190985

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Hardcover

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

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