| Ancient Epistolary Fictions: The Letter in Greek Literature Contributor(s): Rosenmeyer, Patricia A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521800048 ISBN-13: 9780521800044 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 883.010 |
| LCCN: 00041454 |
| Lexile Measure: 1300 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.40 lbs) 382 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Greece - Cultural Region - Mediterranean |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers the first comprehensive look at the use of imaginary letters in Greek literature from Homer to Philostratus. By imaginary letters, it means letters written in the voice of another, and either inserted into a narrative (epic, historiography, tragedy, the novel), or comprising a free-standing collection (e.g. the Greek love letter collections of the Imperial Roman period). The book challenges the notion that Ovid invented the fictional letter form in the Heroides, and considers a wealth of Greek antecedents for the later European epistolary novel tradition. |