Essays on ancient Greek literature and culture. Volume 2, Comedy, Herodotus, Hellenistic and Imperial Greek poetry, the Novels / Ewen Bowie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowie, Ewen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek poetry--History and criticism.

Greek poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 1050 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

In this book one of the world's leading Hellenists brings together his many contributions over four decades to our understanding of major genres of Greek literature, above all the Greek novel, but also Attic Comedy, fifth-century historiography, and Hellenistic and Imperial Greek poetry. Many are already essential reading, such as the chapter on the figure of Lycidas in Theocritus' Idyll 7, or two chapters on the ancient readership of Greek novels. Discussions of Imperial Greek poetry published three decades ago opened up a world almost entirely neglected by scholars. Several chapters address literary and linguistic issues in Longus' novel Daphnis and Chloe, complementing the author's commentary published in 2019; two contribute to a better understanding of the enigmatic Aethiopica of Heliodorus; and many explore important questions arising from examination of the form of the Greek novel as a whole. This is the second of a planned three-volume collection.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781107415430 (ebook)

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