Thinking in circles : an essay on ring composition / Mary Douglas.

Author: Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007.

Imprint:New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.

Descriptionxv, 169 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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