Dynamics of ancient prose : biographic, novelist, apologetic / edited by Thea S. Thorsen and Stephen Harrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thorsen, Thea Selliaas, editor.

Harrison, Stephen (Potter), editor.

Series:

Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes ; 62

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Collections.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Ancient prose is intriguingly diverse. This volume explores the dynamics of the Latin and Greek prose of the Roman empire in the forms of biography, novel and apologetics which have historically lacked recognition as uncanonical genres, and yet appear vital today. Focusing on the sophistication in thought and artistic texture to be found within these literary kinds, this volume offers a collection of stimulating essays for students and scholars of literature and culture in antiquity - and beyond.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Introducing the dynamics of ancient prose

Part I: Biographic

The Strategies of Plutarch's On the Malice of Herodotus / Marincola, John

Bodily Attributes and Authority: Descriptions of the Body in Suetonius' Biographies / Vidén, Gunhild

Power and paradox in the early writings of Marcus Aurelius and Fronto: 'biographical sketches' in laudes and letters / Thorsen, Thea S.

Part II: Novelistic

The autobiography of Encolpius: Reading the Satyrica as the confessions of the firstperson narrator / Schmeling, Gareth

The Visibility of the Author in the Ancient Novel / Dowden, Ken / Myers, Amanda

Apuleius and the Idea of Taste in Classical Antiquity / Konstan, David

The Flowers of the Meadow: Intrageneric Intertextuality in Achilles Tatius 1-2 / Whitmarsh, Tim

Part III: Apologetic

The rhetorical construction of heresy in the Church Fathers / Thomassen, Einar

Hagiography and Displacement: City Readers, Desert Scenes / Rousseau, Philip

Biographical sketches of the heretical life: The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis / Gilhus, Ingvild Sælid

Part IV: Receptions

Psyche amongst the Victorians: An Aspect of Apuleian Reception / Harrison, Stephen

Captured moments: Illustrating Longus' prose / Bowie, Ewen

List of Contributors

Bibliography

General Index

Index Locorum

Notes:

Includes bibliography and index

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110593716

3110593718

9783110594430

3110594439

OCLC:

1037980439