TY - BOOK AU - Douglas,Mary TI - Thinking in circles: an essay on ring composition T2 - Terry lecture series SN - 0300117620 AV - PN212 DOU .D68 2007 U1 - PN 212 DOU 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Homer. KW - Sterne, Laurence, KW - Bible KW - Numbers KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Narration (Rhetoric) N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006020410.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006020410-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006020410-d.html ER -