Space, Place, and Landscape in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107042124)

Landscape and place are currently important topics in the study of classical literature. This volume examines how ancient Greeks of the archaic and classical period used geography in literary contexts, and how the representation of place in texts can be linked to contemporary social practices. The contributors explore how the Greeks related to the spaces and places around them and how they invested these places with meaning. They use examples from key texts in ancient Greek literature and treat a variety of textual places, from the intimate to the expansive, including the bedroom, ritual space, law courts, theatrical space, the city, and the landscape of war. Collectively, the essays demonstrate the important relationships -such as body and place, landscape and identity, ritual and space - that emerge from close analysis of the texts.

Author: Kate Gilhuly
ISBN-10: 1107042127
ISBN-13: 9781107042124
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/22/2014
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2015 pg. 1141