The Novel in the Ancient World / / edited by Gareth Schmeling.
This volume begins with essays concerning the major aspects of ancient novels, including discussions on the novels' origins, their audiences, gender relations, and their implications for literary theory. These explorations are followed with detailed studies of Greek and Roman novels (and relate...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2003. ©2003. |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Edition: | Revised edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (920 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Preface
- Gareth Schmeling
- The Genre: Novels Proper and the Fringe
- Niklas Holzberg
- The Rise of the Greek Novel
- Consuelo Ruiz-Montero
- The Ancient Readers of the Greek Novels
- Ewen Bowie
- Popular and Sophisticated in the Ancient Novel
- Graham Anderson
- Characterization in the Ancient Novel
- Alain Billault
- Mystery Religions, Aretalogy and the Ancient Novel
- Roger Beck
- Women in the Ancient Novel
- Renate Johne
- A Study on the Margin of the Ancient Novel: ``Barbarians'' and Others
- Heinrich Kuch
- The Social and Economic Structures of the Ancient Novels
- Antonio M. Scarcella
- Modern Critical Theories and the Ancient Novel
- Massimo Fusillo
- Major Authors: Greek and Roman
- Greek
- Chariton
- B.P. Reardon
- Xenophon of Ephesus
- Bernhard Kytzler
- Longus, Daphnis and Chloe
- Richard Hunter
- Achilles Tatius
- Karl Plepelits
- Heliodoros
- J.R. Morgan
- Roman
- The Satyrica of Petronius
- Gareth Schmeling
- Apuleius' Metamorphoses
- S.J. Harrison
- Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri
- Gareth Schmeling
- Novel-like Works of Extended Prose Fiction I
- Lucian's Verae Historiae
- Graham Anderson
- The Truth and Nothing but the Truth: Dictys and Dares
- Stefan Merkle
- Xenophon of Athens: the Cyropaedia
- Bodil Due
- The Metamorphoses of the Alexander Romance
- Richard Stoneman
- Philostratus on Apollonius of Tyana: the Unpredictable on the Unfathomable
- Graham Anderson
- Novel-like Works of Extended Prose Fiction II
- Niklas Holzberg
- Utopias and Fantastic Travel: Euhemerus, Iambulus
- History: Ctesias
- Fable: Aesop. Life of Aesop
- Rhetoric: Dio Chrysostom
- Letters: Chion
- Fragments of Lost Novels
- Susan Stephens
- The Ancient Novel Becomes Christian
- Richard Pervo
- The Byzantine Revival of the Ancient Novel
- Roderick Beaton
- The Heritage of the Ancient Greek Novel in France and Britain
- Gerald Sandy
- The Nachleben of the Ancient Novel in Iberian Literature in the Sixteenth Century
- M. Futre Pinheiro
- Maps
- Jean Alvares
- The World of the Ancient Novels
- Chariton---Chaireas and Callirhoe
- Xenophon of Ephesus---An Ephesian Tale
- Achilles Tatius---Leucippe and Clitophon
- Heliodorus---An Ethiopian Tale
- Petronius---The Satyricon
- Apollonius King of Tyre
- Homer---The Odyssey
- Apollonius of Rhodes---Voyage of the Argo
- Virgil---The Aeneid
- Paul's Journey to Rome
- Travelers to the Holy Land
- Bibliography
- Index.