The poetics of colonization : from city to text in archaic Greece / Carol Dougherty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dougherty, Carol, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Cities and towns--Greece--Historiography.

Cities and towns.

City and town life in literature.

Greece--Colonies--Historiography.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 209 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using anthropological and literary theory, this study explores how the ancient Greeks recounted tales of their colonization of foreign lands. The perceptions of the Greeks are explored through explicit comparison with later European narratives of New World colonization.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: The Poetics of Colonization; Part I. Narratives and Metaphors: Translating the City into Text; Part II. Texts in Context: Staging the City; Conclusion: Interpreting the Metaphors; Appendix; Bibliography; Index of Passages; Subject Index

Notes:

Bibliography: p189-200. - Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-200) and indexes.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770497-2

1-280-76032-X

0-19-535923-2

OCLC:

252639648