Ancient epistolary fictions : the letter in Greek literature / Patricia A. Rosenmeyer.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (x, 370 pages)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 0511017774
- 9780511017773
- 0521800048
- 9780521800044
- 0511154100
- 9780511154102
- Greek literature -- History and criticism
- Letters in literature
- Epistolary fiction, Greek -- History and criticism
- Epistolary poetry, Greek -- History and criticism
- Imaginary letters -- History and criticism
- Greek letters -- History and criticism
- Letter writing, Greek -- History
- Littérature grecque -- Histoire et critique
- Lettres (Genre littéraire) dans la littérature
- Roman épistolaire grec -- Histoire et critique
- Poésie épistolaire grecque -- Histoire et critique
- Lettres fictives -- Histoire et critique
- Lettres grecques (Genre littéraire) -- Histoire et critique
- Correspondance grecque -- Histoire
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical
- Epistolary fiction, Greek
- Epistolary poetry, Greek
- Greek letters
- Greek literature
- Imaginary letters
- Letter writing, Greek
- Letters in literature
- 883/.0109 21
- PA3014.L37 R67 2001eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-362) and index.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; I Epistolarity: an introduction; II Epistolary fictions; III The epistolary novel; IV Epistolography in the Second Sophistic; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.
The first comprehensive look at the use of imaginary letters in Greek literature. 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.
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