| Description |
1 online resource (x, 370 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-362) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Greek literature -- History and criticism.
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Greek literature. |
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Letters in literature.
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Letters in literature. |
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Epistolary fiction, Greek -- History and criticism.
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Epistolary fiction, Greek. |
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Epistolary poetry, Greek -- History and criticism.
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Epistolary poetry, Greek. |
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Imaginary letters -- History and criticism.
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Imaginary letters. |
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Greek letters -- History and criticism.
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Greek letters. |
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Letter writing, Greek -- History.
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Letter writing, Greek. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rosenmeyer, Patricia A. Ancient epistolary fictions. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 0521800048 (DLC) 00041454 (OCoLC)44427284 |
| ISBN |
0511017774 (electronic book) |
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9780511017773 (electronic book) |
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0521800048 (hardback) |
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9780521800044 (hardback) |
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0511154100 |
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9780511154102 |
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