Love and providence : recognition in the ancient novel / Silvia Montiglio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montiglio, Silvia, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Recognition in literature.

Greek fiction--History and criticism.

Greek fiction.

Latin fiction--History and criticism.

Latin fiction.

Physical Description:

ix, 256 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Contents:

True love and immediate recognition

Callirhoe: something in the way she breathes

The Ephesiaca: slow and quick eyes

Beauty, dress, and identity

Leucippe and Clitophon: teasing expectations

Daphnis and Chloe: too beautiful to be shepherds

Reading identity: recognitions in the Aethiopica

First, misidentifications

The recognition of Chariclea

Reading recognitions

A gift of providence? : recognitions in two Roman novels

The Satyrica: recognition and capture

The Golden ass: recognition and return

From the pagan novels to early Jewish and Christian narratives: refashioning recognition

"Telling my whole life with his words": recognitions in Apollonius of Tyre

"Who are you?" : Joseph and Aseneth, or it is impossible to recognize a convert

Recognition of family and recognition of god in the pseudo-Clementine recognitions

Dress and recognition: a novelistic motif becomes Christian

Epilogue: the ancient novel in the history of the recognition motif

Tragedy and comedy

Future influences: highlights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-251) and index.

ISBN:

9780199916047

0199916047

OCLC:

778314574