Ancient Greek literary letters : selections in translation / Patricia A. Rosenmeyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenmeyer, Patricia A., author.

Series:

Routledge classical translations.

Routledge classical translations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek letters--History and criticism.

Greek letters.

Epistolary fiction, Greek--History and criticism.

Epistolary fiction, Greek.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Place of Publication:

2006.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first reference to letter writing occurs in the first text of western literature, Homer's Iliad. From the very beginning, Greeks were enthusiastic letter writers, and letter writing became a distinct literary genre. Letters were included in the works of historians but they also formed the basis of works of fiction, and the formal substructure for many kinds of poem. Patricia Rosenmeyer, an authority on the history of the Greek letter, assembles in this book a representative selection of such 'literary letters', from Aelian and Alciphron to Philostrartus and the supposed letters

Contents:

BOOK-COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 CLASSICAL GREEK LITERARY LETTERS; 2 HELLENISTIC LITERARY LETTERS; 3 LETTERS AND PROSE FICTIONS OF THE SECOND SOPHISTIC; 4 THE EPISTOLARY NOVELLA; 5 PSEUDO-HISTORICAL LETTER COLLECTIONS OF THE SECOND SOPHISTIC; 6 INVENTED CORRESPONDENCES, IMAGINARY VOICES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786610562848

9781134451050

1134451059

9781280562846

1280562846

9780203964781

0203964780

OCLC:

476018918

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203964781

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access