Viejas Historias de Castilla la Vieja / la Mortaja / la Partida Delibes, Miguel Iberoamericana Vervuert |
Literatura en las Cartografías Regionales del Cono Sur, La Guerrero, Jorge Carlos Iberoamericana Vervuert |
Título: Cambridge Companion To Herodotus | ||
Autor: Dewald Carolyn And Marincola John | Precio: $478.50 | |
Editorial: Cambridge University Press | Año: 2008 | |
Tema: Literatura | Edición: 3ª | |
Sinopsis | ISBN: 9780521536837 | |
Herodotus' Histories is the first major surviving prose work from antiquity. Its range of interests is immense, covering the whole of the known world and much beyond, and it culminates in a detailed account of the Persian Wars of the early fifth century BC. Moreover, recent research has shown that Herodotus is a sophisticated and at times even ironic narrator, and a pioneer and serious practitioner of historical research at a time when the Greeks' traditions about their past were still the fluid transmissions and memories of a largely oral society. This Companion provides a series of up-to-date and accessible chapters, written by distinguished scholars, illuminating many aspects of Herodotus' work: his skill in language and his narrative art; his intellectual preconceptions; his working methods and techniques; his attitude towards nature and the gods; his attitude towards foreign cultures and peoples; and his view of human life and human history. |