A study of the narrator in Nonnus of Panopolis' Dionysiaca : storytelling in late antique epic /

A study of the narrator in Nonnus of Panopolis' Dionysiaca : storytelling in late antique epic /

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 ab...

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Main Author: Geisz, Camille, 1985-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

Series: Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology 25.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2017, ISBN: 9789004327986.

Subjects:

Nonnus, > of Panopolis. > Dionysiaca.
Dionysus > (Greek deity) > In literature.
Narration (Rhetoric) > History > To 1500.

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Call Number: PA4252

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • The First Proem: The Narrator's Sources of Inspiration
  • The Second Proem: The Emergence of the Narrator's Voice
  • The Nonnian Narrator and the Muses
  • The Nonnian Narrator's Conception of Narrating: The Question of Sources
  • Being Overt: The Nonnian Narrator's Opinion of His Own Narrative
  • Direct Addresses to the Narratee: How to Involve the Narratee in the Story
  • Indirect Addresses: How to Influence the Narratee's Reception of the Story
  • Comparisons and Similes
  • Apostrophes to Characters
  • The Transformation of the Narrator into a Dionysiac Reveller
  • Conclusion
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes.