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Collected Ancient Greek Novels
Series: World Literature in Translation
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This collection will appeal to readers interested in classical literature, ancient history, and the evolution of fiction. Scholars, students of the classics, and lovers of early romance and adventure stories will find this anthology invaluable.
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Prose fiction, although not always associated with classical antiquity, flourished in the early Roman Empire, not only in realistic Latin novels but also and indeed principally in the Greek ideal romance of love and adventure. Enormously popular in the Renaissance, these stories have been less familiar in later centuries.
Translations of the Greek stories were not readily available in English before B.P. Reardon’s first appeared in 1989. Collected Ancient Greek Novels includes nine complete stories as well as ten others, encompassing the whole range of classical themes: romance, travel, adventure, historical fiction, and comic parody.
A foreword by J.R. Morgan examines the enormous impact this groundbreaking collection has had on our understanding of classical thought and our concept of the novel.
Series: World Literature in Translation
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780520305595
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 May 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Edition: 2nd edition
Contributors:
- Edited by B. P. Reardon
- Foreword by J. R. Morgan
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 69.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 816g
Pages: 984
About the Author
B.P. Reardon (1928–2009) was Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of California, Irvine.
J.R. Morgan is Professor Emeritus of Arts and Letters at Swansea University.
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