Dreams and Suicides: Greek Novel from Antiquity to the Byzantine Empire (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Dreams and Suicides This study discusses the Greek novel through the ages, from the genre's flowering in late Antiquity to its learned revival in twelfth-century Byzantium. It provides important and original insights into the genre of ancient literature.
Full description- Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
- Published: 08 October 1996
- Format: Hardback 248 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval | Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
- ISBN 13: 9780415070058 ISBN 10: 0415070058
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Full description for Dreams and Suicides
This study discusses the Greek novel through the ages, from the genre's flowering in late Antiquity to its learned revival in twelfth-century Byzantium. Its unique feature is its full coverage of the Byzantine novels, demonstrating that they both depend upon and react against the ancient novel, and can only be understood against the cultural backdrop of ancient Greek literature. For all students of ancient culture, this book provides important and original insights into the genre of ancient literature.
