Scale, Space and Canon in Ancient Literary Culture - Hardcover
by Reviel Netz
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781108481472ISBN-10:1108481477UPC:9781108481472Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Ancient and ClassicalSize:8.60 x 6.00 x 1.70 inchesWeight:3.4039Product ID:SCTV6CHNX6
Greek culture matters because its unique pluralistic debate shaped modern discourses. This ground-breaking book explains this feature by retelling the history of ancient literary culture through the lenses of canon, space and scale. It proceeds from the invention of the performative 'author' in the archaic symposium through the 'polis of letters' enabled by Athenian democracy and into the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781108481472ISBN-10:1108481477UPC:9781108481472Book Category:Literary Collections, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Ancient, Classical & Medieval, Ancient and ClassicalSize:8.60 x 6.00 x 1.70 inchesWeight:3.4039Product ID:SCTV6CHNX6
Netz, Reviel: - Reviel Netz is the Patrick Suppes Professor of Greek Mathematics and Astronomy at Stanford University, California. He is a prolific author in many fields, from verse through literary theory to modern environmental history, and his core field is the history of the ancient exact sciences. He has pursued a more cultural, cognitive and literary approach to the history of science and...
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