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Author Geisz, Camille, 1985- author.

Title A study of the narrator in Nonnus of Panopolis' Dionysiaca : storytelling in late antique epic / by Camille Geisz
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 282 pages)
Series Amsterdam studies in classical philology, 1380-6068 ; volume 25
Amsterdam studies in classical philology ; v. 25.
Contents Â#x80;#x8E;Contents -- â#x80;#x8E;Introduction -- â#x80;#x8E;Part 1. The Narrator-Authorâ#x80;#x99;s Engagement with His Predecessors and with the Tradition of Epic Storytelling -- â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 1. The First Proem: The Narratorâ#x80;#x99;s Sources of Inspiration -- â#x80;#x8E;1.1. A Shifting Source of Inspiration -- â#x80;#x8E;1.2. Subject Matter and Narrative persona -- â#x80;#x8E;1.3. Summary -- â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 2. The Second Proem: The Emergence of the Narratorâ#x80;#x99;s Voice -- â#x80;#x8E;2.1. The Nonnian Narratorâ#x80;#x99;s Appropriation of the Homeric Model as a Template
Â#x80;#x8E;2.2. A Template for the Telling of a New Story. The Question of the Contents: The Limits of Homeric Inspirationâ#x80;#x8E;2.3. Summary -- â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 3. The Nonnian Narrator and the Muses -- â#x80;#x8E;3.1. The Addressees of the Nonnian Muse Invocations -- â#x80;#x8E;3.2. The Shorter Invocations: Innovations on a Well-Known Theme -- â#x80;#x8E;3.3. Rhetorical Questions or Muse Invocations? -- â#x80;#x8E;3.4. Summary -- â#x80;#x8E;Part 2. A Narrator-Scholar with an Innovative Approach to Epic Storytelling -- â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 4. The Nonnian Narratorâ#x80;#x99;s Conception of Narrating: The Question of Sources
Â#x80;#x8E;4.1. Self-Conscious Narrating: The Reference to Sourcesâ#x80;#x8E;4.2. Comprehensive Narrating -- â#x80;#x8E;4.3. Summary -- â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 5. Being Overt: The Nonnian Narratorâ#x80;#x99;s Opinion of His Own Narrative -- â#x80;#x8E;5.1. The Nonnian Narrator in Space and Time -- â#x80;#x8E;5.2. The Narratorâ#x80;#x99;s Opinion of His Own Story: A Narrator-Commentator -- â#x80;#x8E;5.3. The syncrisis of Book 25, 22â#x80;#x93;252: An Innovative and Assertive Narratorial Intervention -- â#x80;#x8E;5.4. Summary -- â#x80;#x8E;Part 3. A Narrator-Storyteller in Dialogue with His Audience
Â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 6. Direct Addresses to the Narratee: How to Involve the Narratee in the Storyâ#x80;#x8E;6.1. Preliminary Considerations -- â#x80;#x8E;6.2. Addresses from the Narrator to the Narratee in the Dionysiaca -- â#x80;#x8E;6.3. Analysis of the Corpus of Addresses -- â#x80;#x8E;6.4. Summary -- â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 7. Indirect Addresses: How to Influence the Narrateeâ#x80;#x99;s Reception of the Story -- â#x80;#x8E;7.1. Indirect Metaleptic Devices Aimed at the Narratee -- â#x80;#x8E;7.2. Gnomic Utterances and Rhetorical Questions -- â#x80;#x8E;7.3. If-not Situations in the Dionysiaca -- â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 8. Comparisons and Similes
Â#x80;#x8E;8.1. The Use of Comparisons and Similes in Homer, Apollonius, Quintus, and Nonnusâ#x80;#x8E;8.2. The Nonnian Comparisons and Similes -- â#x80;#x8E;8.3. Summary -- â#x80;#x8E;Part 4. A Narrator-Character Becoming Part of His Own Narrative -- â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 9. Apostrophes to Characters -- â#x80;#x8E;9.1. Apostrophes in Homer and Apollonius -- â#x80;#x8E;9.2. Addressees of the Nonnian Apostrophes -- â#x80;#x8E;9.3. Summary -- â#x80;#x8E;Chapter 10. The Transformation of the Narrator into a Dionysiac Reveller -- â#x80;#x8E;10.1. A Narrator at the Service of Dionysus
""Â#x80;#x8E;10.2. The Frame of the Muse Invocations: Innovations of a Narrator-Character""
Summary "This Study of the Narrator in Nonnus of Panopolis' Dionysiaca by Camille Geisz investigates manifestations of the narratorial voice in Nonnus' account of the life and deeds of Dionysus (4th/5th century C.E.). Through a variety of interventions in his own voice, the narrator reveals much about his relationship to his predecessors, his own conception of story-telling, and highlights his mindfulness of the presence of his narratee. Narratorial devices in the Dionysiaca are opportunities for displays of ingeniousness, discussions of sources, and a reflection on the role of the poet. They highlight the innovative style of Nonnus' epic, written as a compendium of influences, genres, and myths, and encompassing the influence of a thousand years of Greek literature."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 20, 2017)
Subject Nonnus, of Panopolis. Dionysiaca.
Dionysus (Greek deity) -- In literature
SUBJECT Dionysus (Greek deity) fast
Dionysiaca (Nonnus, of Panopolis) fast
Subject Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- To 1500
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
Literature
Narration (Rhetoric)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017038377
ISBN 9789004355347
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