Re-Wiring The Ancient Novel, 2 Volume set: Volume 1: Greek Novels, Volume 2: Roman Novels and Other Important Texts (Ancient Narrative Supplements)

The Fifth International Conference on the Ancient Novel, which was held in Houston, Texas, in the fall of 2015, brought together scholars and students of the ancient novel from all over the world in order to share new and significant developments about this fascinating field of study and its important place in the field of Classical Studies. The essays contained in these two volumes are clear evidence that the ancient novel has become a valuable part of the Classics canon and its scholarly attempts to understand the ancient Graeco-Roman world [4e de couv.] Volume 1: Greek Novels Contents Preface Landmarks and Turning Points in the Study of the Ancient Novel since the Fourth International Conference on the Ancient Novel, Lisbon, 2008 Longus Longus’ Hyperreality: Daphnis and Chloe as a Meta-text about Mimesis and Simulation Progress of Erotic Customs in the Ancient Novel: Three Parthenoi and Chloe in Longus’ Poimenikà A 19th-Century ‘Milesian Tale’: Settembrini’s Neoplatonici Trent, Literary Theory, and Sixteenth-Century Adaptations of Daphnis and Chloe Achilles Tatius In the Mouth of the Crocodile: Interiors, Exteriors, and Problems of Penetrability in Achilles Tatius’ Leucippe And Clitophon From the Neck up: Kissing and Other Oral Obsessions in Achilles Tatius Doing Philosophy in the Elephant’s Mouth: Three Readings of Two Ekphrases in Achilles Tatius, Leucippe and Clitophon, IV, 2–5 Achilles Tatius’ Ecphraseis of Abused Female Bodies: Interplays of Gendered Metafiction and Intens Heliodorus The Dynamics of Summing up: A Metaliterary Reading of Heliodorus 10,36 and 10,39 Heliodorus and Pythagoras Charicleia the Bacchante: Erōs and Genealogy in Heliodorus’ Aethiopica The Reception of Heliodorus betweenthe Sixteenth and the Eighteenth Centuries Introduction: Heliodorus Redivivus: From the Manuscripts to the First Editions and Translations Knowing Heliodorus: The Reception of the Aethiopica in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century England Tasso, the Aethiopica, and the Debate on Literary Genres between Renaissance and Baroque The Serial Dramatization: Alexander Hardy’s Tragicomedy Théagène et Cariclée What Did Heliodorus’ Name Stand for in the Works of Mlle De Scudéry? A Commodified Heliodorus: The German Translation of the Aithiopika in Context Contributors Abstracts Indices Volume 2: Roman Novels and Other Important Texts Contents Petronius The Light in Troy (Petr. 89): Imitation of Archaic (and Modern) Tragedy and Discovery of Virgil’s New Epic Social Reproduction among Petronius’ Freedmen Apuleius Fabulae, Humanity, and Fortune: Towards a Reading of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses Cupid and Psyche and the Illumination of the Unseen The Entertaining Function of Magic and Mystical Silence in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses ‘Seeing the Truth’: Some Remarks on Color(s) and Meaning in Apuleius’ Golden Ass Magic and Continuity in Apuleius: Isis from Witchcraft to Mystery Cults Human and Animal Touch in Apuleius’ Golden Ass Robbers, Matrons, and the Roman Identity of Haemus’ Tale in Apul. Met. 7,5–8 Antonius Diogenes Language and Style in Antonius Diogenes: Atticism and the Second Sophistic Protagoras Romance Speech Acts and Genre Gamesin the Protagoras Romance Phlegon Phlegon’s Marvels in Context Historia Apollonii regis Tyri The Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri and the Transformation of Civic Power in the Late Empire Miscellaneous Late Egyptian Literary Tales Non-Retaliation in the Acts of Philip Olfactoring Ancient Fictions: Fair and Foul Fragrances in Ancient Novels Contributors Abstracts Indices Volume 1. Greek Novels -- Volume 2. Roman Novels And Other Important Texts. Edited By Edmund Cueva [and Others]. Selected Essays From The Fifth International Conference On The Ancient Novel, Which Was Held In Houston, Texas, In The Fall Of 2015. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.