Greek Fictional Letters

Zusatztext Editions of individual letter writers are scattered and often out of print, which makes this collection of Greek texts with good translations useful and welcome. Informationen zum Autor Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of Birmingham Klappentext This book explores a relatively unfamiliar and under-appreciated area of Greek literature: imaginary letters written between about 100 BC and 500 AD. Many of them are light-hearted and funny! and describe the lives of ordinary people--fisherman! farmers! courtesans. Others look at more serious and philosophical aspects of life. All the letters are translated! and the notes offer help to both expert and less informed readers. Zusammenfassung This is a selection of letters that reveal an unfamiliar side of Greek literature. Many of them are light-hearted and funny, and describe the lives of ordinary people - fishermen, farmers, courtesans. Others look at more serious and philosophical aspects of life. All the letters are translated, and the notes offer help to both expert and less informed readers.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: C.D.N. Costa, C. D. N. Costa, C. D. N. (Emeritus Professor of Classics Costa, Costa C. D. N.
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.01.2002
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenscha
• EAN: 9780199245468
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924546-8
• Anzahl Seiten: 216
• Themen: History of Ideas, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form