Narrative and identity in the ancient Greek novel [electronic resource] : returning romance / by Tim Whitmarsh.

"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 form (us...

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Main Author: Whitmarsh, Tim
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Series:Greek culture in the Roman world
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Narrative and Identity in the Ancient Greek Novel: Returning Romance
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. Returning Romance; 1. First romances: Chariton and Xenophon; 2. Transforming romance: Achilles Tatius and Longus; 3. Hellenism at the edge: Heliodorus; Part II. Narrative and Identity: 4. Pothos; 5. Telos; 6. Limen; Conclusion; Appendix: the extant romances and the larger fragments.