The classical plot and the invention of Western narrative.

Lowe, Nicholas J.:

ISBN 10: 0521771765 / ISBN 13: 9780521771764

Published by Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000

About this Item

293 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel. GUTER Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature. GOOD condition, some traces of use. M15913 9780521771764 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 610.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The classical plot and the invention of Western narrative.
• Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521771765
• ISBN 13: 9780521771764
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1. publ.
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 610 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • AA Varia

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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.

Review

"A rare, even unique offering." Choice

"This book deserves attention from tose interested in deep structures of Greek and dependent literary traditions." Donald Lateiner, Ohio University