Myth, Ritual, Memory and Exchange: Essays in Greek Literature and Culture (Paperback)
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Short Description for Myth, Ritual, Memory and Exchange How did Greek literature and culture interact? John Gould was one of the greatest writers on Greek civiliation of his generation. The most significant of his many essays, including several previously unpublished, are revised and gathered here.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 30 October 2003
- Format: Paperback 434 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Social & Cultural History
- ISBN 13: 9780199265817 ISBN 10: 019926581X
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Full description for Myth, Ritual, Memory and Exchange
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of the world's foremost experts in Greek mythology and culture over the last thirty years, including many previously unpublished papers.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.
