Pausanias - Travel Writing in Ancient Greece

Informationen zum Autor Maria Pretzler is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Wales! Swansea. Klappentext This book combines a thorough introduction to Pausanias with new perspectives. It considers the influences that shaped the Periegesis, and its literary and cultural context. Pausanias text records contemporary interpretations of monuments and traditions, and is concerned with the identity and history of Greece. Parallels with various texts of the period offer insights into Pausanias attitudes as well as illustrating aspects of Second Sophistic culture. A discussion of Greek texts that deal with fictional or actual travel provides a background for a detailed study of the Periegesis as travel literature. Pausanias treatment of geography and his descriptions of landscapes, cities and artworks are considered, as are his methods as a historian. The final chapters deal with Pausanias impact on modern approaches to Greece and ancient Greek culture. Zusammenfassung Combines an introduction to Pausanias with fresh perspectives. This book considers the process and influences that shaped the "Periegesis", and maps out its literary and cultural context.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Pretzler, Pretzler Maria
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.11.2007
• EAN: 9780715634967
• ISBN: 978-0-7156-3496-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Classical Literature and Socie; Classical Literature and Socie; Classical Literature and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic; Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary, Travel writing, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages