Greek Literature In The Classical Period: The Prose Of Historiography And Oratory (greek Literature, Volume 5)

This volume is available on its own or as part of the seven volume set, Greek Literature. This collection reprints in facsimile the most influential scholarship published in this field during the twentieth century. For a complete list of the volume titles in this set, see the listing for Greek Literature [ISBN 0-8153-3681-0]. A full table of contents can be obtained by email: reference@routledge-ny.com. V. 1. The Oral Traditional Background Of Ancient Greek Literature -- V. 2. Homer And Hesiod As Prototypes Of Greek Literature -- V. 3. Greek Literature In The Archaic Period : The Emergence Of Authorship -- V. 4. Greek Literature In The Classical Period : The Poetics Of Drama In Athens -- V. 5. Greek Literature In The Classical Period : The Prose Of Historiography And Oratory -- V. 6. Greek Literature And Philosophy -- V. 7. Greek Literature In The Hellenistic Period -- V. 8. Greek Literature In The Roman Period And In Late Antiquity -- V. 9. Greek Literature In The Byzantine Period. Edited With Introductions By Gregory Nagy. Includes Bibliographical References. It is a topos nowadays that an author does not just construct his text but also encodes into it a narrative contract: he writes into the text the rules by which his audience is to read it, how we are to understand his performance as author and our own responsibilities and legitimate pleasures as readers.