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Narrative and identity in the ancient Greek novel : returning romance /

"The Greek romance was for the Roman period what epic was for the Archaic period or drama for the Classical: the central literary vehicle for articulating ideas about the relationship between self and community. This book offers a fresh reading of the romance both as a distinctive narrative for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whitmarsh, Tim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Greek culture in the Roman world.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1. Returning romance
  • 1. First romances: Chariton and Xenophon
  • 2. Transforming romance: Achilles Tatius and Longus
  • 3. Hellenism at the edge: Heliodorus
  • pt. 2. Narrative and identity
  • 4. Pothos
  • 5. Telos
  • 6. Limen
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: the extant romances and the larger fragments.