Oxford Readings in the Greek Novel

Zusatztext begins with a show-stoppingly detailed survey of scholarship on the subject! together with a fair amount of guidance to the uninitiated ... Harrison and Swain are learned and judicious editors! and both volumes no doubt find the wide markets they deserve ... it is hard not to be impressed by the weight and density of scholarship to be found herein. Klappentext This collection of critical work on the ancient Greek novel offers students and researchers twelve of the most useful and influential studies of recent years together with an introduction which explains the nature of Greek fiction in the novel's heyday. The papers guide readers through the history of the novel's interpretation from the publication of Erwin Rhode's pioneering study of 1876 to contemporary literary theory. Zusammenfassung A collection of critical work on the ancient Greek novel. It explores the nature of the Greek novel in its historical context, examining aspects which are common to several or all of the novels, and also examines particular narratives in more depth. Important quotations are in English.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Swain
• Assisted by: Simon Swain (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.1999
• EAN: 9780198721895
• ISBN: 978-0-19-872189-5
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies; Oxford Readings in Classical Studies; Oxford Readings in Classical S
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, 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