The Classical Plot and the Invention of Western Narrative

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The Classical Plot and the Invention of Western NarrativeFrom Homer to Hollywood, the western storytelling tradition has canonised a distinctive set of narrative values characterised by tight economy and closure. This book traces the formation of that classical paradigm in the development of ancient storytelling from Homer to Heliodorus. To tell this story, the book sets out to rehabilitate the idea of 'plot', notoriously disconnected from any recognised system of terminology in literary theory. The first

It is followed by a very brief Latin grammar and notes on Roman numerals and dates

What follows is a thrilling reimagining of the past

so if there is a word you don't know

Placita long served as a manual of neatly packaged doxographic material on a wide variety of topics

he stamped his mark upon it: indignation

the Introduction and the Commentary engage in literary interpretation and explore Herodotus' value as a historian

were Horace's first published work

The book also includes a full exploration of the role of courtesans in the political and sexual intrigues of the hellenistic courts

of Roman descent

with grammatical explanations and exercises

Ostensibly a discussion about love

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