Myth, Ritual, Memory, and Exchange

Essays in Greek Literature and Culture
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-926581-7
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 434 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

How did Greek literature and cultural assumptions / world-view interact? John Gould examines ancient Greek ideas concerning myth, ritual, memory, and exchange. An overriding interest in anthropological fieldwork shapes his argument.

The book contains the most significant essays (some now regarded as classics) written by one of the world's foremost experts in Greek mythology and culture over the last thirty years, including many previously unpublished papers. Newly revised, with reference both to corroborative material and to subsequent treatments and discussion of significantly different approaches to the same topics, these essays give the whole volume a marked coherence of focus and argument. Most of the essays arise out
of the experience of teaching and address problems, puzzles, and misunderstandings encountered by students.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students interested in ancient Greek literature and culture

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gould, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Griechische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

The late John Gould was Emeritus Professor of Greek at the University of Bristol