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A Companion to the Ancient Novel
Contributor(s): Cueva, Edmund P. (Author), Byrne, Shannon N. (Author)
ISBN: 1444336029     ISBN-13: 9781444336023
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $220.35  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
Dewey: 883.010
LCCN: 2013030056
Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 7" W x 9.7" (2.45 lbs) 632 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
 
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Publisher Description:

This companion addresses a topic of continuing contemporary relevance, both cultural and literary.

  • Offers both a wide-ranging exploration of the classical novel of antiquity and a wealth of close literary analysis
  • Brings together the most up-to-date international scholarship on the ancient novel, including fresh new academic voices
  • Includes focused chapters on individual classical authors, such as Petronius, Xenophon and Apuleius, as well as a wide-ranging thematic analysis
  • Addresses perplexing questions concerning authorial expression and readership of the ancient novel form
  • Provides an accomplished introduction to a genre with a rising profile