The Cambridge companion to Lucian / edited by Simon Goldhill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldhill, Simon, editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to authors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lucian, of Samosata--Criticism and interpretation.

Lucian.

Latin literature--History and criticism.

Latin literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 456 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Lucian is one of the most prolific and wide-ranging writers from antiquity and one of the most influential and controversial. His work is deeply embedded in the cultural and religious politics of the Greek world in the Roman Empire, but also played an important role in later periods, particularly during the Renaissance, and was considered a crucial example of the inherited wisdom of classical antiquity. Lucian's prose is limpid and elegant as well as sharply funny and full of great stories, dramatic dialogues, and brilliant satire. This Companion, written by world-leading scholars, introduces the major themes of his corpus and provides more detailed studies of individual works. Readers will be able to appreciate his major contributions to the history of satire, comic dialogues, religion, art, and erotics as well as being given a snapshot of the most important episodes in his work's reception in the West.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Nov 2024).

ISBN:

9781009186117

1009186116

9781009186131

1009186132

9781009170406

1009170406