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Backwards : The Strange Odyssey of an Inquisitive Man

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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. This book contains essays written by one of the world's foremost experts in Greek mythology and culture since the 1970s, including many previously unpublished papers.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 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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780595189380
  • ISBN-10: 0595189385
  • Publisher: iUniverse
  • Publish Date: August 2001
  • Dimensions: 9.14 x 6.38 x 0.65 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.89 pounds
  • Page Count: 244

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