Baltic peripeties : the power of narration and the making of regions / Eckhard Schumacher / Cordelia Hess (eds.) ; in collaboration with Louise Curtis [and 3 others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schumacher, Eckhard, 1966- editor.

Hess, Cordelia, editor.

Series:

TRANSitions, 2751-8345 ; volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narration (Rhetoric).

Baltic States--History.

Baltic States.

Balkan Peninsula--History.

Balkan Peninsula.

Physical Description:

319 pages : 12 illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

G̲ttingen : V&R unipress, Brill, [2025]

Summary:

In Aristotle's Poetics, the well-constructed turning point, peripeteia, makes a story by unfolding its tragic - or, more broadly, literary - potential. But neither narrative nor historical turning points occur in empty spaces. Given the power of the peripety for plot-making, this volume inquires about its agency in the shaping of specific regions. Narration matters, for the constitution of events and regions alike; space matters, as a key element for the construction of plots and their dynamics. The Baltic Sea region, with its rich literary and cultural traditions and multiple overlapping layers of historical ruptures, is a particularly fruitful area for exploring transformation processes from a narratological point of view.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783847117001

3847117009

OCLC:

1518266452

Publisher Number:

90102403595

9783847117001