Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007.
Thinking in circles : an essay on ring composition / Mary Douglas. - New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2007. - xv, 169 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Terry lecture series . - Terry lectures .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Ancient rings worldwide -- Modes and genres -- How to construct and recognize a ring -- Alternating bands : numbers -- The central place : numbers -- Modern, not-quite rings -- Tristram Shandy : testing for ring shape -- Two central places, two rings : the Iliad -- Alternating nights and days : the Iliad -- The ending : how to complete a ring -- The latch : Jakobson's conundrum.
9780300117622 (hbk.) 0300117620 (hbk.) 9780300167856 (pbk.) 0300167857 (pbk.)
2006020410
bA700466
Homer. Iliad.
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768. Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman.
Bible.--O.T.--Numbers--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Narration (Rhetoric).
Literature--Philosophy.
PN212 .D68 2007
Thinking in circles : an essay on ring composition / Mary Douglas. - New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2007. - xv, 169 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Terry lecture series . - Terry lectures .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Ancient rings worldwide -- Modes and genres -- How to construct and recognize a ring -- Alternating bands : numbers -- The central place : numbers -- Modern, not-quite rings -- Tristram Shandy : testing for ring shape -- Two central places, two rings : the Iliad -- Alternating nights and days : the Iliad -- The ending : how to complete a ring -- The latch : Jakobson's conundrum.
9780300117622 (hbk.) 0300117620 (hbk.) 9780300167856 (pbk.) 0300167857 (pbk.)
2006020410
bA700466
Homer. Iliad.
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768. Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman.
Bible.--O.T.--Numbers--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Narration (Rhetoric).
Literature--Philosophy.
PN212 .D68 2007