The Limits of Exactitude in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Literature and Textual Transmission
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The Limits of Exactitude in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Literature and Textual Transmission

Nicoletta Bruno, Giulia Dovico, Olivia Montepaone, Marco Pelucchi, Nicoletta Bruno, Giulia Dovico, Olivia Montepaone, Marco Pelucchi

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The Limits of Exactitude in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Literature and Textual Transmission

Nicoletta Bruno, Giulia Dovico, Olivia Montepaone, Marco Pelucchi, Nicoletta Bruno, Giulia Dovico, Olivia Montepaone, Marco Pelucchi

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Building on Calvino's observations on Exactitude in Six Memos for the Next Millennium, the present book elucidates on the possible definitions of exactitude, the endeavor of reaching exactitude, and the undeniable limits to the achievement of this ambitious milestone.
The eighteen essays in this interdisciplinary volume show how ancient and medieval authors have been dealing with the problem of exactitude vs. inexactitude and have been able to exploit the ambiguities related to these two concepts to various ends. The articles focus on rhetoric and historiography (section I), exact sciences and technical disciplines (II), the peculiarity of quotations (III), cases of programmatic inexactitude (IV) and textual transmission (V). Several interconnected questions weave a net across the volume: to what extent is exactitude the goal in ancient and medieval texts? How can the concepts of accuracy and inaccuracy aid the reinterpretation of an already known text or fact? To what extent can certain definitions of exactitude be stretched, without turning into inexactitude?
The volume presents an extensive study capable of highlighting the shrewdness and aptness of the concepts introduced by Calvino more than thirty years ago.

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2022
ISBN
9783110796667
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. Introduction: “The Crystal and the Flame”. Preliminary Remarks on Exactitude
  6. Part I: Accuratio vel ambiguitas: Historical Narrative and Rhetorical Strategies
  7. Part II: Philosophical, Scientific, and Technical Exactitude
  8. Part III: Quotations and Misquotations: Three Cases from Greek and Roman Literature
  9. Part IV: Choosing Inexactitude: Programmatic and Genre Ambiguity
  10. Part V: Ambiguities in Textual Transmission
  11. List of Contributors
  12. Index of Names and Places
  13. Index of Sources
  14. Index of Material Sources
Citation styles for The Limits of Exactitude in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Literature and Textual Transmission

APA 6 Citation

Bruno, N., Dovico, G., Montepaone, O., Pelucchi, M., Bruno, N., Dovico, G., 
 Pelucchi, M. (2022). The Limits of Exactitude in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Literature and Textual Transmission (1st ed.). De Gruyter. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/3756102 (Original work published 2022)

Chicago Citation

Bruno, Nicoletta, Giulia Dovico, Olivia Montepaone, Marco Pelucchi, Nicoletta Bruno, Giulia Dovico, Olivia Montepaone, and Marco Pelucchi. (2022) 2022. The Limits of Exactitude in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Literature and Textual Transmission. 1st ed. De Gruyter. https://www.perlego.com/book/3756102.

Harvard Citation

Bruno, N. et al. (2022) The Limits of Exactitude in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Literature and Textual Transmission. 1st edn. De Gruyter. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/3756102 (Accessed: 25 June 2024).

MLA 7 Citation

Bruno, Nicoletta et al. The Limits of Exactitude in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Literature and Textual Transmission. 1st ed. De Gruyter, 2022. Web. 25 June 2024.