{"product_id":"the-historical-method-of-herodotus-9780802076847","title":"The Historical Method of Herodotus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerodotus was the first writer in the West to conceive the value of creating a record of the recent past. He found a way to co-ordinate the often conflicting data of history, ethnology, and culture. \u003cem\u003eThe Historical Method of Herodotus\u003c\/em\u003e explores the intellectual habits and the literary principles of this pioneer writer of prose. Donald Lateiner argues, against the perception that Herodotus' work seems amorphous and ill organized, that the \u003cem\u003eHistories\u003c\/em\u003e contain their own definition of historical significance. He examines patterns of presentation and literary structure in narratives, speeches, and direct communications to the reader, in short, the conventions and rhetoric of history as Herodotus created it. This rhetoric includes the use of recurring themes, the relation of speech to reported actions, indications of doubt, stylistic idiosyncrasies, frequent reference to nonverbal behaviours, and strategies of opening and ending. Lateiner shows how Herodotus sometimes suppre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A very thorough and complex work with much new insight into historiographic beginnings.' -- Mabel Lang Bryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49944527896919,"sku":"9780802076847","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780802076847.jpg?v=1738811034","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-historical-method-of-herodotus-9780802076847","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}