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Companion to the Ancient Novel
Cueva, Edmund P.; Byrne, Shannon N.
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Description for Companion to the Ancient Novel
Cleverly bisecting the over-extension and highly focused specialism of other texts on the ancient novel, this edited collection features the most up-to-date international scholarship and offers an invaluable survey of the classical world s prototypical achievements in narrative fiction. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 186 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1130.
This companion addresses a topic of continuing contemporary relevance, both cultural and literary.
- Offers both a wide-ranging exploration of the classical novel of antiquity and a wealth of close literary analysis
- Brings together the most up-to-date international scholarship on the ancient novel, including fresh new academic voices
- Includes focused chapters on individual classical authors, such as Petronius, Xenophon and Apuleius, as well as a wide-ranging thematic analysis
- Addresses perplexing questions concerning authorial expression and readership of the ancient novel form
- Provides an accomplished introduction to a genre with a rising profile
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Number of Pages
632
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444336023
SKU
V9781444336023
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99-15
About Cueva, Edmund P.; Byrne, Shannon N.
Shannon N. Byrne is Professor of Classics at Xavier University. Edmund P. Cueva is Professor of Classics and Humanities at the University of Houston-Downtown. Together, they have coedited several books, including of Authors, Authority and Interpreters in the Ancient Novel: Essays in Honor of Gareth L. Schmeling (with J. Alvares, 2006), Longus: Text, Commentary and Vocabulary (2005), and ... Read more
Reviews for Companion to the Ancient Novel
“It offers a nice mixture of new discussions, including some that will be useful for students and the uninitiated, some that will provoke further research, and a number that will stand as important contributions to the field in their own right.” (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 19 June 2015) “Ending with a chapter looking at the influence of the ... Read more