The Form of Greek Romance / / B. P. Reardon.

In the early Roman Empire a new literary genre began to flourish, mainly in the Greek world: prose fiction, or romance. Broadly defined as a love story that offers adventure and a romantic vision of life, this form of literature emerged long after the other genres and, until recently, seemed hardly...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1991
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1170
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Bibliographical References and Abbreviations
  • CHAPTER 1. The Genre Romance in Antiquity
  • CHAPTER 2. The Practice of Greek Romance
  • CHAPTER 3. The Content of Romance: The Idea of Fiction
  • CHAPTER 4. The Manner and Medium of Romance: Narrative Prose
  • CHAPTER 5. Problems and Solutions
  • CHAPTER 6. Context and Contacts
  • CHAPTER 7. The Pattern of Romance
  • Bibliography
  • Index