A Companion to the Ancient Novel
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Ancient & Classical
| Author: | Edmund P. Cueva, Shannon N. Byrne | ISBN: | 9781118350584 |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | January 31, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edmund P. Cueva, Shannon N. Byrne |
| ISBN: | 9781118350584 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | January 31, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
This companion addresses a topic of continuing contemporary relevance, both cultural and literary.
- Offers both a wide-ranging exploration of the classical novel of antiquity and a wealth of close literary analysis
- Brings together the most up-to-date international scholarship on the ancient novel, including fresh new academic voices
- Includes focused chapters on individual classical authors, such as Petronius, Xenophon and Apuleius, as well as a wide-ranging thematic analysis
- Addresses perplexing questions concerning authorial expression and readership of the ancient novel form
- Provides an accomplished introduction to a genre with a rising profile
This companion addresses a topic of continuing contemporary relevance, both cultural and literary.
- Offers both a wide-ranging exploration of the classical novel of antiquity and a wealth of close literary analysis
- Brings together the most up-to-date international scholarship on the ancient novel, including fresh new academic voices
- Includes focused chapters on individual classical authors, such as Petronius, Xenophon and Apuleius, as well as a wide-ranging thematic analysis
- Addresses perplexing questions concerning authorial expression and readership of the ancient novel form
- Provides an accomplished introduction to a genre with a rising profile
