Description: In this book Tim Rood analyses the techniques through which Thucydides' narrative explains the origin and course of the Peloponnesian War and tells a broader story of the political and psychological behaviour of states and individuals. The book concentrates on how the use of techniques, such as selectivity, interaction of speech and narrative, and manipulation of time and perspective, points at one level to general human constraints, at another to the self- destructiveness of Athens' imperial power. The author explores techniques that have received little attention and offers new ways of reading others, giving new insight into Thucydides' sophistication and the way he relates to his predecessors. He sets his interpretations against attempts to see parts of Thucydides' work as written to defend Athens, and against the assumptions historians make in using Thucydides. The book contributes to the contemporary debate over narrative history, and shows the value of applying the concepts of literary theory to historical texts. Tim Rood is a Junior Research Fellow at The Queen's College, Oxford.
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Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Thucydides : Narrative and Explanation
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: Military / Ancient, Ancient / Greece
Publication Year: 1999
Item Height: 1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.5 Oz
Author: Tim Rood
Subject Area: History
Item Length: 8.8 in
Item Width: 5.7 in
Series: Oxford Classical Monographs
Format: Hardcover
