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The Recollections of Encolpius : the Satyrica of Petronius as Milesian Fiction.
While nineteenth-century scholars debated whether the fragmentary Satyrica of Petronius should be regarded as a traditional or an original work in ancient literary history, twentieth-century Petronian scholarship tended to take for granted that the author was a unique innovator and his work a synthe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Havertown :
Barkhuis,
2004.
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| Colección: | Ancient narrative. Supplementum.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | While nineteenth-century scholars debated whether the fragmentary Satyrica of Petronius should be regarded as a traditional or an original work in ancient literary history, twentieth-century Petronian scholarship tended to take for granted that the author was a unique innovator and his work a synthetic composition with respect to genre. The consequence of this was an excessive emphasis on authorial intention as well as a focus on parts of the text taken out of the larger context, which has increased the already severe state of fragmentation in which today's reader finds the Satyrica. The presen. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (344 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789491431371 9491431374 9080739081 9789080739086 |