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Book SynopsisOffers a reading of Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War. This title reveals Thucydides' use of objectivity not so much as a standard for the proper presentation of his subject matter as a method for communicating with his readers and involving them in the complexity and suffering of the Peloponnesian War.
Trade Review"W. R. Connor, well known for his work as an historian and as a student of historiography, has now written a sensitive literary critique of Thucydides, arguing forcefully that historians who rely on literary evidence must be attentive to how literary texts work. Combining a sound background in his period with a keen sense of Thucydidean style and method, Connor has constructed a work that will be read with profit by anyone interested in history, historiography, or the Periclean age."--Daniel P. Tompkins, History and Theory
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Abbreviations, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 1*Book 1, pg. 20*Book 2, pg. 52*Book 3, pg. 79*Book 4, pg. 108*Book 5, pg. 141*Book 6, pg. 158*Book 7, pg. 185*Book 8, pg. 210*Conclusion, pg. 231*Appendixes, pg. 251*Index, pg. 263
