Oxford Readings in the Greek Novel

Name: Oxford Readings in the Greek Novel
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ISBN: 9780198721895

ISBN-10: 0198721897

ISBN-13: 9780198721895

Edition: 1999

Authors: Simon Swain

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This book comprises a new and exciting collection of critical work on the ancient Greek novel. It offers students and researchers twelve of the most influential studies of recent years together with an introduction, by the editor, which explores the nature of the Greek novel in its historical context. The Readings are in two sections. The first examines aspects which are common to several or all of the novels, for example, themes and plots; the portrayal of emotions; the role of the countryside; female readers and characters; and the `historical novel'. The second section contains studies of the narrative and plot of Chariton, the genre of and literary responses to Longus, Achilles Tatius'…

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List price: $94.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/24/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 424
Size: 5.67" wide x 8.82" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Simon Swain is Chair of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Warwick. He is the author of a number of well-known studies of the Greek literature of the Roman period and is co-editor (with Ja#347; Elsner and Stephen Harrison) of Severan Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2007).




A Century and More of the Greek Novel




The Greek Novel: The Genre




The Conflict of Emotions: a Topos in the Greek Erotic Novel




Rural Society in the Greek Novel, or The Country Seen from the Town




The Role of Women in the Greek Novel: Woman as Heroine and Reader




Callirhoe and Parthenope: The Beginnings of the Historical Novel




Theme, Structure and Narrative in Chariton




Longos: Towards a History of Bucolic and its Function in the Roman Empire




The Novel of Longos the Sophist and Pastoral Tradition




Achilles Tatius and Ego-Narrative




The Story of Knemon in Heliodoros' Aithiopka




The Mendacity of Kalasiris and the Narrative Strategy of Heliodoros' Aithiopika




The Mirror of the Moon. Lucian's A True Story - From Satire to Utopia