Tragedy, authority, and trickery : the poetics of embedded letters in Josephus / by Ryan S. Olson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olson, Ryan Scott, 1976- author.

Contributor:

Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.)

Series:

Hellenic studies ; 42.

Hellenic studies ; 42

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Josephus, Flavius--Criticism and interpretation.

Josephus, Flavius.

Letters in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages).

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Center for Hellenic Studies, 2010.

Language Note:

Contains passages in Greek with English translations.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction

Toward a poetics of embedded letters

Basic epistolary functions

Epistolary reliability

Conclusion.

Notes:

Based on author's doctoral thesis (University of Oxford, 2007): Josephus's use of letters.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-242) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Related Work:

Based on: Olson, Ryan Scott, 1976- Josephus's use of letters.

Other Format:

Print version: Olson, Ryan Scott, 1976- Tragedy, authority, and trickery.

OCLC:

943167646