Thinking in circles : an essay on ring composition / Mary Douglas.
By: Douglas, Mary.
Material type: BookSeries: Terry lectures: Publisher: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2007Description: xv, 169 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780300117622 (hbk.); 0300117620 (hbk.); 9780300167856 (pbk.); 0300167857 (pbk.).Subject(s): Homer. Iliad | Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768. Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman | Bible. O.T. Numbers -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Narration (Rhetoric) | Literature -- Philosophy
Contents:
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.
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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.
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