The Cambridge companion to the Greek and Roman novel / edited by Tim Whitmarsh.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description
xv, 392 pages : map ; 24 cm

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    Series
    Cambridge companions to literature [More in this series]
    Summary note
    The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel contains nineteen original essays by an international cast of experts in the field. The emphasis is upon the critical interpretation of the texts within historical settings, both in antiquity and in the later generations that have been and continue to be inspired by them. All the central issues of current scholarship are addressed: sexuality, cultural identity, class, religion, politics, narrative, style, readership and much more. Four sections cover cultural context of the novels, their contents, literary form, and their reception in classical antiquity and beyond. Each chapter includes guidance on further reading. This collection will be essential for scholars and students, as well as for others who want an up-to-date, accessible introduction into this exhilarating material.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-377) and indexes.
    Contents
    • Introduction / Tim Whitmarsh
    • Literary milieux / Ewen Bowie
    • The history of sexuality / Helen Morales
    • Cultural identity / Susan Stephens
    • Class / Tim Whitmarsh
    • Religion / Froma Zeitlin
    • Travel / James Romm
    • Body and text / Jason König
    • Time / Lawrence Kim
    • Politics and spectacles / Catherine Connors
    • Genre / Simon Goldhill
    • Approaching style and rhetoric / Andrew Laird
    • Intertextuality / John Morgan and Stephen Harrison
    • Narrative / Tim Whitmarsh and Shadi Bartsch
    • Ancient readers / Richard Hunter
    • Byzantine readers / Joan B. Burton
    • The re-emergence of ancient novels in Western Europe, 1300-1810 / Michael Reeve
    • Novels ancient and modern / Gerald Sandy and Stephen Harrison
    • Modernity and post-modernity / Massimo Fusillo.
    Other title(s)
    Greek and Roman novel
    ISBN
    • 9780521865906 ((hardback))
    • 0521865905 ((hardback))
    • 9780521684880 ((pbk.))
    • 0521684889 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2007053004
    OCLC
    190859395
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