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The Ancient Novel: An Introduction

By Niklas Holzberg

Book information

Year
1995
ISBN
0415107520, 9780415107525, 9780203974605
LCC
PA3040 .H6513 1995
Open Library ID
OL1092235M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1377161 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
144\109
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This widely acclaimed book offers an introduction to the ancient novel and presents the latest research findings in the field. For this English translation, Professor Holzberg has substantially updated and expanded the German edition of 1986.Niklas Holzberg considers the ancient novel as encompassing idealistic and comic realistic narrative with central themes of love and adventure. He develops his definition of the genre and offers explanations of why this literary form was so popular during the Hellenistic period. He goes on to examine the individual texts in chronological order, providing a summary of the contents of each, relevant background information and interpretative pointers.

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