Decoding the Ancient Novel

Author : Shadi Bartsch

Paperback

Published : Monday 14 July 2014

ISBN : 9780691606910

Price : €35.10

Description

Using a reader-oriented approach, Shadi Bartsch reconsiders the role of detailed descriptive accounts in the ancient Greek novels of Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius and in so doing offers a new view of the genre itself. Bartsch demonstrates that these passages, often misunderstood as mere ornamental devices, form in fact an integral part of the narr

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