The ancient novel : an introduction / Niklas Holzberg ; translated by Christine Jackson-Holzberg.
The ancient novel : an introduction / Niklas Holzberg ; translated by Christine Jackson-Holzberg.
The ancient novel : an introduction / Niklas Holzberg ; translated by Christine Jackson-Holzberg.
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London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
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1995.
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N883.01/11
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ix, 129 p. ; 23 cm.
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1. The Genre. A conventional plot: Xenophon's Ephesiaca. The surviving texts. Ancient labels. Characteristics of the idealistic and comic-realistic novels. The fringe: other novel-like literature of antiquity. A definition of the genre -- 2. The Rise of the Genre. Theories on the origins. The novel...
Satire, Platonism and mysteries: Apuleius, Metamorphoses -- 5. The Idealistic Novel in the Age of the Second Sophistic. Wallowing in lurid effects: Iamblichus, Babyloniaca. Adding the human touch: Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon. Sexual psychology and bucolic paradise: Longus, Daphnis and Ch...
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London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
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England
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1995.
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The ancient novel : an introduction / Niklas Holzberg ; translated by Christine Jackson-Holzberg.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 106-126) and index.
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N883.01/11
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0415107539 (pbk.)
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883.01
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991010097329702626
