Clio Enthroned - A Study of Prose-Form in Thucydides

Klappentext Originally published in 1914, this book examines Thucydides' prose style and the literary influences affecting his famous History of the Peloponnesian War. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1914! this book examines Thucydides' prose style and the literary influences affecting him at the time that he wrote his famous History of the Peloponnesian War. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Thucydides or ancient historiography. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The general aim of the history; 2. Allurements of drama; 3. The mind of the writer; 4. Narrative prose; 5. The rhetorical invasion; 6. The Melian dialogue; 7. Personification; 8. Intonation; 9. Interpolation; 10. Conclusion; Index.

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• Authors: Walter R. M. Lamb, Lamb Walter R. M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107634572
• ISBN: 978-1-107-63457-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, HISTORY / Historiography, Historiography, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval