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1 online resource |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Part I. Egyptians -- part II. Mesopotamians and Iranians -- part III. Jews and Phoenicians -- part IV. Anatolians -- part V. Transmission and reception. |
Summary |
The contact zones between the Greco-Roman world and the Near East represent one of the most exciting and fast-moving areas of ancient-world studies. This new collection of essays, by world-renowned experts (and some new voices) in classical, Jewish, Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Persian literature, focuses specifically on prose fiction, or 'the ancient novel'. Twenty chapters either offer fresh readings - from an intercultural perspective - of familiar texts (such as the biblical Esther and Ecclesiastes, Xenophon of Ephesus' Ephesian Story and Dictys of Crete's Journal), or introduce material that may be new to many readers: from demotic Egyptian papyri through old Avestan hymns to a Turkic translation of the Life of Aesop. The volume also considers issues of methodology and the history of scholarship on the topic. A concluding section deals with the question of how narratives, patterns and motifs may have come to be transmitted between cultures. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Greek fiction -- History and criticism.
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Greek fiction. |
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Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- To 1500.
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Narration (Rhetoric) |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
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Comparative literature -- Greek and Middle Eastern.
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Comparative literature. |
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Comparative literature -- Middle Eastern and Greek.
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Greece -- Civilization -- Middle Eastern influences.
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Greece. |
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Civilization. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Added Author |
Whitmarsh, Tim, editor.
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Thomson, Stuart, editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Romance between Greece and the East 9781107038240 (DLC) 2013011404 (OCoLC)841039523 |
ISBN |
9781107465138 (electronic book) |
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1107465133 (electronic book) |
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9781461953593 (electronic book) |
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1461953596 (electronic book) |
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9781139814690 (electronic book) |
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1139814699 (electronic book) |
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9781107038240 |
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1107038243 |
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