{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-ancient-novel-hardback-9781444336023","title":"A Companion to the Ancient Novel (Hardback) 9781444336023","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the Ancient Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdmund P. Cueva (Author), Shannon N. Byrne (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781444336023, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 February 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e640 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.2 x 18.3 x 3.6 cm, 1.093 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It offers a nice mixture of new discussions, including some that will be useful for students and the uninitiated, some that will provoke further research, and a number that will stand as important contributions to the field in their own right.”  (\u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 19 June 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Ending with a chapter looking at the influence of the ancient novel on modern film, the Companionforms a full circle in its assessment of forms of entertainment, while also demonstrating, in spite of its apparent rarity, that the ancient novel continues to exert a strong influence on modern storytellers, their means of, and inspirations for, storytelling.”  (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 December 2014\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis companion addresses a topic of continuing contemporary relevance, both cultural and literary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers both a wide-ranging exploration of the classical novel of antiquity and a wealth of close literary analysis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together the most up-to-date international scholarship on the ancient novel, including fresh new academic voices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes focused chapters on individual classical authors, such as Petronius, Xenophon and Apuleius, as well as a wide-ranging thematic analysis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses perplexing questions concerning authorial expression and readership of the ancient novel form\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an accomplished introduction to a genre with a rising profile\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes on Contributors viii  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdmund P. Cueva and Shannon N. Byrne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Novels and Authors 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ea. Greek 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Chariton: Individuality and Stereotype 13\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGraham Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Daphnis and Chloe: Innocence and Experience, Archetypes and Art 26\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean Alvares\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Xenophon, The Ephesian Tales 43\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames N. O’Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Achilles Tatius, Sophistic Master of Novelistic Conventions 62\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKathryn S. Chew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Heliodorus, the Ethiopian Story 76\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarília P. Futre Pinheiro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eb. Roman 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Petronius, Satyrica 96\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeinz Hofmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Apuleius’ The Golden Ass: The Nature of the Beast 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaula James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri 133\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGiovanni Garbugino\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ec. Related 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Other Greek Novels 147\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Stephens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Hell-bent, Heaven-sent: From Skyman to Pumpkin 159\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarry Baldwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Novel and Christian Narrative 180\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Konstan and Ilaria Ramelli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Genre and Approaches 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Genre of the Novel: A Theoretical Approach 201\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarília P. Futre Pinheiro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Management of Dialogue in Ancient Fiction 217\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGraham Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Characterization in the Ancient Novel 231\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKoen De Temmerman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Liaisons Dangereuses: Epistolary Novels in Antiquity 244\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimo Glaser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Life of Aesop (rec.G): The Composition of the Text 257\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eConsuelo Ruiz-Montero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Influences and Intertextuality 273\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Reception of Strangers in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses: The Examples of Hypata and Cenchreae 275\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStavros Frangoulidis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 From the Epic to the Novelistic Hero: Some Patterns of a Metamorphosis 288\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLuca Graverini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Roman Elegy and the Roman Novel 300\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith P. Hallett and Judith Hindermann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Apuleius’ Metamorphoses: A Hybrid Text? 317\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaula James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Magnetic Stone of Love: Greek Novel and Poetry 330\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrançoise Létoublon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 “Respect these Breasts and Pity Me”: Greek Novel and Theater 352\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrançoise Létoublon and Marco Genre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Poems in Petronius’ Satyrica 371\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAldo Setaioli\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Various Asses 384\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNiall W. Slater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Greek Novel and Greek Archaic Literature 400\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGiuseppe Zanetto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Ekphrasis in the Ancient Novel 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngela Holzmeister\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Themes and Topics 425\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Miscellanea Petroniana: A Petronian Enthusiast’s Thoughts and Reviews 427\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarry Baldwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Love, Myth, and Ritual: The Mythic Dimension and Adolescence in Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe 441\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnton Bierl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Gender in the Ancient Novel 456\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEllen D. Finkelpearl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Education as Construction of Gender Roles in the Greek Novels 473\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSophie Lalanne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Greek Love in the Greek Novel 490\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn F. Makowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Latin Culture in the Second Century ad 502\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaudio Moreschini\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Mimet(h)ic Paideia in Lucian’s True History 522\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter von Möllendorff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Reimagining Community in Christian Fictions 535\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith Perkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 The Poetics of Old Wives’ Tales, or Apuleius and the Philosophical Novel 552\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStefan Tilg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Achilles Tatius and Heliodorus: Between Aristotle and Hitchcock 570\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartin M. 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