The ancient novel and beyond / edited by Stelios Panayotakis, Maaike Zimmerman, Wytse Keulen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Panayotakis, Stelios, 1968-

Zimmerman, M. (Maaike)

Keulen, Wytse Hette.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 241.

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava, 0169-8958. Supplementum ; 241

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classical fiction--History and criticism.

Classical fiction.

Literature, Medieval--Classical influences.

Literature, Medieval.

Literature, Modern--Classical influences.

Literature, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (519 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This volume comprises the revised versions of selected papers read at the International Conference on the Ancient Novel (Groningen, July 2000). The papers cover a wide range of scholarly issues that were prominent in the programme of the conference, and feature the most recent approaches to research on the ancient novel. The essays combine judicious use of literary theory with traditional scholarship, and examine the ancient novels and related texts, such as Oriental tales and Christian narrative, both in their larger, literary, cultural and social context, and as sources of inspiration for Byzantine and modern fiction. This book is important not only for classicists and literary historians, but also for a general public of those interested in narrative fiction.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Stelios Panayotakis , Maaike Zimmerman and Wytse Keulen

ALEXANDER THE GREAT IN THE ARABIC TRADITION / Richard Stoneman

‘THE LAST DAYS OF ALEXANDER’ IN AN ARABIC POPULAR ROMANCE OF AL-ISKANDAR / Faustina Doufikar-Aerts

LUCIUS AND AESOP GAIN A VOICE: APULEIUS MET. 11.1-2 AND VITA AESOPI 7 / Ellen Finkelpearl

THE GRAND VIZIER, THE PROPHET, AND THE SATIRIST. TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE ORIENTAL AHIQAR ROMANCE IN ANCIENT PROSE FICTION / Marko Marinčič

LIVING PORTRAITS AND SCULPTED BODIES IN CHARITON’S THEATER OF ROMANCE / Froma I. Zeitlin

SPECTATOR AND SPECTACLE IN APULEIUS / Niall W. Slater

PLATO’S DREAM: PHILOSOPHY AND FICTION IN THE THEAETETUS / Kathryn Morgan

FICTION AS A DISCOURSE OF PHILOSOPHY IN LUCIAN’S VERAE HISTORIAE / Andrew Laird

THE REPRESENTATION OF VIOLENCE IN THE GREEK NOVELS AND MARTYR ACCOUNTS / Kathryn Chew

THREE DEATH SCENES IN APOLLONIUS OF TYRE / Stelios Panayotakis

SWORDPLAY-WORDPLAY: PHRASEOLOGY OF FICTION IN APULEIUS’ METAMORPHOSES / Wytse Keulen

NYMPHS, NEIGHBOURS AND NARRATORS: A NARRATOLOGICAL APPROACH TO LONGUS / John Morgan

READING FOR PLEASURE: NARRATIVE, IRONY, AND EROTICS IN ACHILLES TATIUS / Tim Whitmarsh

THE WINGED ASS. INTERTEXTUALITY AND NARRATION IN APULEIUS’ METAMORPHOSES / Luca Graverini

TLEPOLEMUS THE SPECTRAL SPOUSE / Donald Lateiner

EPIC EXTREMITIES: THE OPENINGS AND CLOSURES OF BOOKS IN APULEIUS’ METAMORPHOSES / Stephen Harrison

IN MEDIIS REBUS: BEGINNING AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ANCIENT NOVEL / Stephen Nimis

LA LETTRE DANS LE ROMAN GREC OU LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES / Françoise Létoublon

THE ROLE OF INSCRIPTIONS IN GRECO-ROMAN NOVELS / Erkki Sironen

STRATEGIES OF AUTHENTICATION IN ANCIENT POPULAR LITERATURE / William Hansen

ARCHAIC IAMBOS AND GREEK NOVEL: A POSSIBLE CONNECTION / Giuseppe Zanetto

RESISTANT (AND ENABLING) READING: PETRONIUS’ SATYRICON AND LATIN LOVE ELEGY / Judith P. Hallett

LA MISE EN SCENE DECLAMATOIRE CHEZ LES ROMANCIERS LATINS / Danielle van Mal-Maeder

DER BYZANTINISCHE ROMAN DES 12.JAHRHUNDERTS ALS SPIEGEL DES ZEITGENÖSSISCHEN LITERATURBETRIEBS / Ruth E. Harder

STATIC IMITATION OR CREATIVE TRANSFORMATION? ACHILLES TATIUS IN HYSMINE and HYSMINIAS / Ingela Nilsson

THE ‘ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL’-MOTIF IN THE BYZANTINE (VERNACULAR) ROMANCES / Willem J. Aerts

STAGING THE FRINGE BEFORE SHAKESPEARE: HANS SACHS AND THE ANCIENT NOVEL / Niklas Holzberg

HELIODOR, MADEMOISELLE DE SCUDÉRY UND UMBERTO ECO: LEKTÜREN DES LIEBESROMANS IN L’ISOLA DEL GIORNO PRIMA / Günter Berger

FROM PETRONIUS TO PETROLIO: SATYRICON AS A MODEL-EXPERIMENTAL NOVEL / Massimo Fusillo

MYTHS OF PERSON AND PLACE: THE SEARCH FOR A MODEL FOR THE ANCIENT GREEK NOVEL / Gareth Schmeling

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS / Stelios Panayotakis , Maaike Zimmerman and Wytse Keulen

BIBLIOGRAPHY: ABBREVIATIONS / Stelios Panayotakis , Maaike Zimmerman and Wytse Keulen

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY / Stelios Panayotakis , Maaike Zimmerman and Wytse Keulen

INDEX / Stelios Panayotakis , Maaike Zimmerman and Wytse Keulen

SUPPLEMENTS TO MNEMOSYNE / H. Pinkster , H.S. Versnel , D.M. Schenkeveld , P.H. Schrijvers and S.R. Slings.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-483) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46737-1

9786610467372

1-4175-4958-0

90-474-0211-1

OCLC:

133459496

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047402114 DOI