Ancient epistolary fictions: the letter in Greek literature
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Main Author: Rosenmeyer, Patricia A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2001
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-362) and index
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; I Epistolarity: an introduction; II Epistolary fictions; III The epistolary novel; IV Epistolography in the Second Sophistic; Afterword; Bibliography; Index
The first comprehensive look at the use of imaginary letters in Greek literature. The book challenges the notion that Ovid 'invented' the fictional letter form in the Heroides, and considers a wealth of Greek antecedents for the later European epistolary novel tradition
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 370 pages)
ISBN:0511017774
0511154100
0521800048
9780511017773
9780511154102
9780521800044

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