Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Play

Karshan, Thomas

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199603985.001.0001

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“…Pressing further, however, is a task for another project. 600 Seneca, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 106.11 601 The text is from Karshan (2011) 1, who translates the passage. I hope that the interpretational games within this dissertation helped sketch the rules for further investigation; there are plenty of games left to play.…”

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Not just fun and games : exploring ludic elements in Greek and Latin literature

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This dissertation explores how Greek and Roman authors use board games and games of chance to answer complex questions about humanity and the relation of the self to the cosmos. I isolate literary topoi rooted in gaming imagery and survey them across a broad diachronic and generic expanse to reveal the application of ludic themes as an important conceptual tool. Specifically, I demonstrate how authors employ gaming imagery to engage in ongoing discussions about the nature of the universe and human behavior; I trace these ludic themes in passages often overlooked as mere metaphor and shape them into an analytical framework that spans major genres from the 8th century BCE to the early 1st century CE.

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