| Description |
x, 290 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / J.R. Morgan -- Part I. The beginnings of Greek fiction. -- The education of Cyrus / James Tatum -- Part II. The love romances. -- Looking at Chariton's Callirhoe / Brigitte Egger -- Xenophon of Ephesus : Eros and narrative in the novel / David Konstan -- Daphnis and Chloe : love's own sweet story / J.R. Morgan -- Achilles Tatius and ego-narrative / B.P. Reardon -- The Aithiopika of Heliodoros : narrative as riddle / J.R. Morgan -- Part III. The Greek context. -- The Alexander Romance : from history to fiction / Richard Stoneman -- New pages of Greek fiction / Gerald Sandy -- The epistolary novel / Patricia A. Rosenmeyer -- Dio and Lucian / Simon Swain -- Philostratus : writer of fiction / Ewen Bowie -- Part IV. Other traditions. -- Egyptian fiction in Demotic and Greek / John Tait -- The Jewish novellas / Lawrence M. Wills -- Early Christian fiction / Richard I. Pervo -- Representation in Greek saints' lives / Judith Perkins -- Part V. Aftermath. -- Byzantine developments / Suzanne MacAlister |
| Subject |
Greek fiction -- History and criticism.
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Greece -- Civilization.
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| Indexed Term |
Greek fiction |
| Added Author |
Morgan, J. R. (John Robert), 1950-
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Stoneman, Richard.
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| ISBN |
0415085063 hardback |
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0415085071 paperback |
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