
Thucydidean Narrative and Discourse
Mabel Lang(Author)
Michigan Classical Press
Published on 31. December 2011
Book
Hardback
242 pages
978-0-9799713-4-1 (ISBN)
Description
Mabel Lang's long career as a scholar and teacher has given her a unique perspective on one of the most important authors in western literature. Thucydidean Narrative and Discourse brings together several of her most thoughtful papers on figures and issues including the 400, Cleon, and Alcibiades, and joins them with new material on narrative technique.
The assembled papers are an important complement to Professor Lang's pathbreaking study of Herodotean narrative. Together with introductory essays by the volume's editors, these papers will enable students of historiography in general to obtain a better understanding of how Thucydides engaged his audience. Although they were written over many years, the papers share a consistency of insight that makes them continually relevant to all who endeavor to understand the literary art of Thucydides.
The assembled papers are an important complement to Professor Lang's pathbreaking study of Herodotean narrative. Together with introductory essays by the volume's editors, these papers will enable students of historiography in general to obtain a better understanding of how Thucydides engaged his audience. Although they were written over many years, the papers share a consistency of insight that makes them continually relevant to all who endeavor to understand the literary art of Thucydides.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9799713-4-1 (9780979971341)
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Persons
Jeffrey S. Rusten is Professor of Classics at Cornell University.
Richard Hamilton is Paul Shorey Professor Emeritus of Greek at Bryn Mawr College.
Richard Hamilton is Paul Shorey Professor Emeritus of Greek at Bryn Mawr College.
Content
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Mabel Lang on Thucydides
PART ONE - Narrative
Narrative Inconsistencies Internal and External
Narrative Structure and historical Interpretation
PART TWO - Discourse
Thucydidean Thought-Patterns
Herodotean Inheritances and Adaptations
Biographical Sketch
Publications by Mabel Lang
Bibliography
Foreword
Mabel Lang on Thucydides
PART ONE - Narrative
Narrative Inconsistencies Internal and External
Narrative Structure and historical Interpretation
PART TWO - Discourse
Thucydidean Thought-Patterns
Herodotean Inheritances and Adaptations
Biographical Sketch
Publications by Mabel Lang
Bibliography