Format:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 258 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520241274
Series Statement:
Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature
Content:
As a sustained analysis of the connections between narrative structure and meaning in the History of the Peloponnesian War, Carolyn Dewald's study revolves around a curious aspect of Thucydides' work: the first ten years of the war's history are formed on principles quite different from those shaping the years that follow. Although aspects of this change in style have been recognized in previous scholarship, Dewald has rigorously analyzed how its various elements are structured, used, and related to each other. Her study argues that these changes in style and organization reflect how Thucydide
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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CONTENTS; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction; Part One; 1. An Overview of the Archidamian Narrative Structure (ii.1-v.24); 2. Introductory Sentences (ii.1-v.24); 3. Internal Structure of the Unit of Action (ii.1-v.24); 4. Patterns Formed by Units of Action in the Archidamian Narrative (ii.1-v.24); Part Two; 5. The Years of the Peace (v.25-vi.7): The Unit of Action Changing; 6. Years Seventeen through Twenty-one (v.8-viii.109): The Unit of Action Transformed; 7. Some Conclusions: Thucydides' Narrative Structures (ii.1-viii.109); Notes; Bibliography; General Index; Index Locorum
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520241275
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Thucydides' War Narrative : A Structural Study
Language:
English
