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Thinking in circles [electronic resource] : an essay on ring composition / Mary Douglas.

By: Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Terry lectures: Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007Description: xv, 169 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Subject(s): Homer. Iliad | Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768. Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman | Bible. Numbers -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Narration (Rhetoric)Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 808 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.