Telling wonders : ethnographic and political discourse in the work of Herodotus / Rosaria Vignolo Munson.
2001
D58 .M86 2001 (Mapit)
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Telling wonders : ethnographic and political discourse in the work of Herodotus / Rosaria Vignolo Munson.
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0472112031 (acid-free paper)
9780472112036 (acid-free paper)
9780472112036 (acid-free paper)
Publication Details
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2001.
Language
English
Description
viii, 325 pages ; 24 cm
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D58 .M86 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification
938/.007202
Summary
"Herodotus, the worldwide ethnographer and historian of the Persian Wars, provides a striking demonstration of how the account of past events of national history and the description of foreign peoples participate in the rhetoric of shaping attitudes about the present. Telling Wonders: Ethnographic and Political Discourse in the Work of Herodotus studies the narrative of the Histories in order to uncover the political message communicated to a Greek audience of the fifth century B.C."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-291) and indexes.
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Table of Contents
Ch. 1. Narrative and Metanarrative
Ch. 2. Comparison
Ch. 3. Interpretation and Evaluation
Ch. 4. Thoma.
Ch. 2. Comparison
Ch. 3. Interpretation and Evaluation
Ch. 4. Thoma.