Tomas Hagg
The Novel in Antiquity
$26.95, paperback
9780520076389
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276 pages
July 1983, Not available in British Commonwealth; Include Canada;
July 1983, Not available in British Commonwealth; Include Canada;
Tracing the development of Greek romances from 200 B.C. through twelfth-century Byzantium, Tomas Hägg analyses the content, plot and narrative techniques of the ancient novel, and explores the social and literary milieu in which the genre flourished.
"A lively, intelligent guide to the ancient novels . . . there is not likely to be a better one for years to come."—John J. Winkler, The Classical World
"It is a pleasure to recommend this attractive introduction to the prose fiction of antiquity. Its breadth and clarity are certain to provide stimulating and informative reading for a wide range of readers."—Gerald N. Sandy, Classical Outlook
"It is a pleasure to recommend this attractive introduction to the prose fiction of antiquity. Its breadth and clarity are certain to provide stimulating and informative reading for a wide range of readers."—Gerald N. Sandy, Classical Outlook
"This much needed book is superlatively well done; it is both very readable and thoroughly scholarly, sympathetic to its topic, critical in approach, and authoritative."—B. P. Reardon, editor of Collected Ancient Greek Novels
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