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Ancient Fiction (Routledge Revivals): The Novel in the Graeco-Roman World book cover

1st Edition

Ancient Fiction (Routledge Revivals) The Novel in the Graeco-Roman World

By Graham Anderson Copyright 1984
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge
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A number of ancient novelists were skilful storytellers and resourceful literary artists, and their works are often carefully individualised presentations of an ancient and distinguished heritage. Ancient Fiction , first published in 1984, examines the tales retold by these novelists in light of more recently discovered Near Eastern texts, and in this way offers a tentative solution to Rohde’s... Read more

Preface; Abbreviations 1. The First Fiction: Oriental Origins 2. Narrative into Novel: Plots and Personalities 3. Love and Learning 4. Character and Convention 5. Myth and Mystery 6. History and Society 7. Sex and Sentiment 8. Structure and Suspense 9. The Sublime and the Subliterary: Longus and Xenophon of Ephesus 10. Phoenician Tales and other Fragments 11. Fiction and Folktale 12. In Search of the Satyricon 13. The Ancestry of the Ass-Tale 14. The Golden Satyr, or Encolpius the Ass 15. New Perspectives; Appendix I: Philetas’ Speech and the Numun-Plant; Appendix II: Sesonchosis and Ramin; Appendix III: Ascyltus and Shukalletuda; Select Bibliography; Index of Authors and Texs; Index of Persons and Places

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