| Collected Ancient Greek Novels Second Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Reardon, B. P. (Editor), Morgan, J. R. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0520305590 ISBN-13: 9780520305595 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 883.010 |
| LCCN: 2019457888 |
| Physical Information: 2.7" H x 5" W x 7.7" (1.80 lbs) 984 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Prose fiction, although not always associated with classical antiquity, flourished in the early Roman Empire, not only in realistic Latin novels but also and indeed principally in the Greek ideal romance of love and adventure. Enormously popular in the Renaissance, these stories have been less familiar in later centuries. Translations of the Greek stories were not readily available in English before B.P. Reardon's first appeared in 1989.Nine complete stories are included here as well as ten others, encompassing the whole range of classical themes: romance, travel, adventure, historical fiction, and comic parody. A foreword by J.R. Morgan examines the enormous impact this groundbreaking collection has had on our understanding of classical thought and our concept of the novel. |