{"product_id":"reading-fiction-with-lucian-fakes-freaks-and-hyperreality-paperback-9781107437784","title":"Reading Fiction with Lucian; Fakes, Freaks and Hyperreality (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107437784","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReading Fiction with Lucian\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFakes, Freaks and Hyperreality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA captivating new interpretation of Lucian as a fictional theorist and writer to stand alongside the novelists of the day.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKaren ní Mheallaigh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107437784, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e317 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book offers a captivating new interpretation of Lucian as a fictional theorist and writer to stand alongside the novelists of the day, bringing to bear on his works a whole new set of reading strategies. It argues that the aesthetic and cultural issues Lucian faced, in a world of mimesis and replication, were akin to those found in postmodern contexts: the ubiquity of the fake, the erasure of origins, the focus on the freakish and weird at the expense of the traditional. In addition to exploring the texture of Lucian's own writing, Dr ní Mheallaigh uses Lucian as a focal point through which to examine other fictional texts of the period, including Antonius Diogenes' The Incredible Things Beyond Thule, Dictys' Journal of the Trojan War and Ptolemy Chennus' Novel History, and reveals the importance of fiction's engagement with its contemporary culture of writing, entertainment and wonder.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: Lucian's Promethean poetics: hybridity, fiction and the postmodern\u003cbr\u003e 2. Toxaris: microfiction and the Greek novel\u003cbr\u003e 3. Philopseudes: philosophy of fiction, drama of reading\u003cbr\u003e 4. Semiotic fictions: the lector in fabula from The Incredible Things beyond Thule to The Name of the Rose\u003cbr\u003e 5. Beyond Thule: adventures at the edge of the text\u003cbr\u003e 6. Lucian's True Stories: travels in hyperreality\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conclusion: fiction and the wonder-culture of the Roman Empire.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20theory%20%5BDSA%5D%22\"\u003eDSA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004160758040,"sku":"9781107437784","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107437784i_e6c411a5-2961-4053-a25c-78f43b81cb2a.jpg?v=1694486257","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/reading-fiction-with-lucian-fakes-freaks-and-hyperreality-paperback-9781107437784","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}