Thucydides: Narrative and Explanation.

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed, otherwise very good and clean. / Leicht berieben, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - CONTENTS: Abbreviations -- PART I INTERPRETING THUCYDIDES -- 1. Introduction: History and Literature -- 2. The Analysis of Narrative: Pylos -- PART II TIME, PERCEPTIONS, KNOWLEDGE -- 3. Perceptions: Towards Peace -- 4. Misreadings: Book V -- 5. Temporal Manipulation -- PART III EXPLAINING DEFEAT -- 6. Selectivity and Omission: Athenian Politics -- 7. Athens and Sicily -- 8. Nikias and Athens -- PART IV EXPLAINING WAR -- 9. Selectivity and Omission: Book I -- 10. The Pentekontaetia -- PART V CONTINUITY AND CLOSURE -- 11. Continuity: Book VIII -- 12. Conclusion: The Ends of History -- Appendix: Focalization and its (Dis)contents -- References -- Index of Passages Cited -- General Index. - In this book Tim Rood analyses the techniques through which Thucydides� narrative explains the origin and course of the Peloponnesian War and tells a broader story of the political and psychological behaviour of states and individuals. The book concentrates on how the use of techniques, such as selectivity, interaction of speech and narrative, and manipulation of time and perspective, points at one level to general human constraints, at another to the self-destructiveness of Athens� imperial power. The author explores techniques that have received little attention and offers new ways of reading others, giving new insight into Thucydides� sophistication and the way he relates to his predecessors. He sets his interpretations against attempts to see parts of Thucydides� work as written to defend Athens, and against the assumptions historians make in using Thucydides. The book contributes to the contemporary debate over narrative history, and shows the value of applying the concepts of literary theory to historical texts. - Tim Rood is ajunior Research Fellow at The Queen�s College, Oxford. ISBN 9780198152569