Thucydides' war narrative : a structural study /

A sustained analysis of the connections between narrative structure & meaning in the 'History of the Peloponnesian War' this volume focuses on the evident change in the underlying principles of the history at the conclusion of the first ten years.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dewald, Carolyn
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press 2005.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pp4th
Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. An Overview of the Archidamian Narrative Structure (ii. 1-v.24); 2. Introductory Sentences (ii. 1-v.24); 3. Internal Structure of the Unit of Action (ii. 1-v.24); 4. Patterns Formed by Units of Action in the Archidamian Narrative (ii. 1-v.24); 5. The Years of the Peace (v.25-vi. 7): The Unit of Action Changing; 6. Years Seventeen through Twenty-one (v.8-viii. 109): The Unit of Action Transformed; 7. Some Conclusions: Thucydides' Narrative Structures (ii. 1-viii. 109); Notes; Bibliography; General Index; Index Locorum.