Narrative and Identity in the Ancient Greek Novel: Returning Romance

(Part of the Greek Culture in the Roman World Series)

by Tim Whitmarsh

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The Greek romance was for the Roman period what epic was for the Archaic period or drama for the Classical: the central literary vehicle for articulating ideas about the relationship between self and community. This book offers a fresh reading of the romance both as a distinctive narrative form (using a range of narrative theories) and as a paradigmatic expression of identity (social, sexual and cultural). At the same time it emphasises the elasticity...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1107491029

ISBN13:9781107491021

Release Date:January 2015

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:0.92 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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