Scale, space and canon in ancient literary culture / Reviel Netz. [electronic resource]
Scale, space and canon in ancient literary culture / Reviel Netz. [electronic resource]
Scale, space and canon in ancient literary culture / Reviel Netz. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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1 online resource (xiv, 890 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- General Introduction -- Part I Canon -- Chapter 1 Canon: The Evidence -- 1.1 Data from the Papyri -- 1.2 The Significance of the Data from the Papyri --...
3.4.2 Foundations of Athens -- Chapter 4 Space in Action: When Worlds Diverge -- 4.1 Alexandria: A Literary Survey -- 4.1.1 Alexandria: General Comments -- 4.1.2 Alexandria: Vignettes -- 4.1.3 Alexandria: A Formula -- 4.2 Athens: "Beneath Literature"? -- 4.2.1 A Contrast: Outside Athens -- 4.2.2 A C...
6.4.1 The Authors of the Third Century: Attestation -- 6.4.2 The Authors of the Third Century: Interpretation -- 6.5 Late Antiquity and the New Equilibrium -- 6.5.1 Stability in the Scale of Non-Authorial Culture -- 6.5.2 The Rise of the Self-Conscious Circle -- 6.5.3 Late Antiquity: Teacherly Circl...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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England
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2020.
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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' e...
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Scale, space and canon in ancient literary culture / Reviel Netz. [electronic resource]
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74VKaVGQG5DO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaVGQG5DO
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1-108-58009-2
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880.9
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991024415422202626
