The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

The Greek And Roman Novels Of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus And Others Have Been Cherished For Millennia, But Never More So Than Now. The Cambridge Companion To The Greek And Roman Novel Contains Nineteen Original Essays By An International Cast Of Experts In The Field. The Emphasis Is Upon The Critical Interpretation Of The Texts Within Historical Settings, Both In Antiquity And In The Later Generations That Have Been And Continue To Be Inspired By Them. All The Central Issues Of Current Scholarship Are Addressed: Sexuality, Cultural Identity, Class, Religion, Politics, Narrative, Style, Readership And Much More. Four Sections Cover Cultural Context Of The Novels, Their Contents, Literary Form, And Their Reception In Classical Antiquity And Beyond. Each Chapter Includes Guidance On Further Reading. This Collection Will Be Essential For Scholars And Students, As Well As For Others Who Want An Up-to-date, Accessible Introduction Into This Exhilarating Material. Introduction / Tim Whitmarsh -- Literary Milieux / Ewen Bowie -- The History Of Sexuality / Helen Morales -- Cultural Identity / Susan Stephens -- Class / Tim Whitmarsh -- Religion / Froma Zeitlin -- Travel / James Romm -- Body And Text / Jason König -- Time / Lawrence Kim -- Politics And Spectacles / Catherine Connors -- Genre / Simon Goldhill -- Approaching Style And Rhetoric / Andrew Laird -- Intertextuality / John Morgan And Stephen Harrison -- Narrative / Tim Whitmarsh And Shadi Bartsch -- Ancient Readers / Richard Hunter -- Byzantine Readers / Joan B. Burton -- The Re-emergence Of Ancient Novels In Western Europe, 1300-1810 / Michael Reeve -- Novels Ancient And Modern / Gerald Sandy And Stephen Harrison -- Modernity And Post-modernity / Massimo Fusillo. Edited By Tim Whitmarsh. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 340-377) And Indexes. Cambridge Collections Online : Book Home......Page 1 vpn.ul.pt......Page 0 0......Page 2 1......Page 18 2......Page 32 3......Page 54 4......Page 71 5......Page 87 6......Page 104 7......Page 122 8......Page 140 9......Page 158 10......Page 175 11......Page 196 12......Page 212 13......Page 229 14......Page 248 15......Page 270 16......Page 281 17......Page 291 18......Page 308 19......Page 330 20......Page 349 9780521865906_index......Page 387