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Ancient Greece
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ancient narrative forms
Ancient Novels
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Author_Niklas Holzberg
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Chariton's Callirhoe
Chariton’s Callirhoe
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Early Greek Novels
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Fictional Biographies
Fictional Prose Narratives
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Greek prose fiction
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Hellenistic Historiography
Hellenistic literary culture
High Literary Demands
Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri
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Idealistic Novels
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Late Hellenistic
Late Hellenistic Period
literary genre analysis
Modern Television Serials
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Persian King Artaxerxes II
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Pseudepigraphic Letters
Second Sophistic literature
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Xenophon's Ephesiaca
Xenophon’s Ephesiaca
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415107525
- Weight: 272g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 15 Dec 1994
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This widely acclaimed book offers an introduction to the ancient novel and presents the latest research findings in the field. For this English translation, Professor Holzberg has substantially updated and expanded the German edition of 1986.
Niklas Holzberg considers the ancient novel as encompassing idealistic and comic realistic narrative with central themes of love and adventure. He develops his definition of the genre and offers explanations of why this literary form was so popular during the Hellenistic period. He goes on to examine the individual texts in chronological order, providing a summary of the contents of each, relevant background information and interpretative pointers.
