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OverviewThis volume explores the spatial framework of Herodotus' Histories, focusing on the depiction of landscapes through careful geographical descriptions and how man's interaction with, and alteration of, the physical world serves to transform its geography from a neutral backdrop into a resonant landscape with its own role to play in the narrative. The fluid and complex web of spatial relationships that emerges allows focalization to be brought productively into play, and reveals that as the exercise of political power manifests both metaphorically and literally through control over the natural world, the map of imperial geography is constantly in flux. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Katherine Clarke (Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and Associate Professor in Ancient History, University of Oxford)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.00cm Weight: 0.578kg ISBN: 9780198820437ISBN 10: 0198820437 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 21 June 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsI. Reading Herodotus in Context 1: . . . there was no Herodotus before Herodotus' 1.a: Treading in the footsteps of giants 1.b: Finding space in the study of Herodotus 1.b.i: Herodotus' spaces, peoples, and places: the scholarly landscape 1.b.ii: Sharpening the lens: bringing focalization into play 1.c: Location, location, location: Herodotus' world and the dynamics of empire II. Herodotus' Sense of Place and Space 2: Mapping out the World 2.a: Mapping the extremes 2.b: Filling in the broad canvas: continents and comparisons 2.c: Marching through the landscape: the geography of expeditions 2.d: Trade, tourism, and theoria 2.e: The evocative list 3: Lines and Dots 3.a: Criss-crossing the narrative: rivers and the articulation of space 3.b: Fonts of rivers, spines of the land: mountains in Herodotus' landscape 3.c: Islands 3.c.i: The specialness of being nesiotes 3.c.ii: Transformation and migration 3.c.iii: The island as a commodity III. Giving Meaning to Space 4: Depth and Resonance 4.a: Wonderful world: works of nature, works of man 4.b: The dimension of time: unlocking the mythical landscape 4.c: Collapsing spaces, parallel places 5: Geographical Morality 5.a: Good and bad control: modulating the moral landscape 5.b: Negotiating the rivers, moral barometers 5.b.i: Walking on water: sailing over land 5.b.ii: Bridging rivers, bridging continents: crossing the great divide 5.b.iii: Reaching the Promised Land: entering the Gardens of Midas IV. Grand Designs 6: The Conquest of Nature: Herodotus' 'Military Narrative' 6.a: The allure of beauty and the language of desire 6.b: The metaphor of conquest: slavery, rage, punishment, and subjugation 6.c: Nature joins battle: opposition and alliance 6.d: (Mis)understanding the divine 7: Writing an Imperial Geography 7.a: Determining nature's will: stability or mobility 7.b: Thinking big: imperial designs and the problem of hybris 7.c: Passion for power: a Persian paradigm? 7.d: Herodotus and the geography of dynamis Epilogue Endmatter References Subject Index Index of Passages DiscussedReviewsAuthor InformationKatherine Clarke undertook her BA in Classics (Literae Humaniores) at St John's College, Oxford, before going on to obtain her D.Phil. in Ancient History also at Oxford in 1996, where she held a Graduate Scholarship followed by a Junior Research Fellowship, both at Christ Church. In 1998 she was appointed to the Tutorial Fellowship in Ancient History at St Hilda's College, where she has remained ever since. She was the recipient of a Philip Leverhulme Prize for the period 2001-3 and has held various positions of responsibility in both her College and the university's Faculty of Classics including Vice Principal in College, 2013-16, and Chair of the Sub-Faculty, 2015-17. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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