{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-lucian-paperback-softback-9781009170390","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Lucian (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009170390","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Lucian\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn innovative introduction to the major themes and works of Lucian and to his influence in the West.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSimon Goldhill (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009170390, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 November 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e474 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 2.5 cm, 0.67 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\"\u003eLucian is one of the most prolific and wide-ranging writers from antiquity and one of the most influential and controversial. His work is deeply embedded in the cultural and religious politics of the Greek world in the Roman Empire, but also played an important role in later periods, particularly during the Renaissance, and was considered a crucial example of the inherited wisdom of classical antiquity. Lucian's prose is limpid and elegant as well as sharply funny and full of great stories, dramatic dialogues, and brilliant satire. This Companion, written by world-leading scholars, introduces the major themes of his corpus and provides more detailed studies of individual works. Readers will be able to appreciate his major contributions to the history of satire, comic dialogues, religion, art, and erotics as well as being given a snapshot of the most important episodes in his work's reception in the West.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of contributors\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction Simon Goldhill\u003cbr\u003e Part I. 2. Lucian and the culture of criticism Richard Hunter\u003cbr\u003e 3. Lucian's poetics Emma Greensmith\u003cbr\u003e 4. Lucian and philosophy Peter van Nuffelen\u003cbr\u003e 5. On believing in Lucian: the religious polemics Tim Whitmarsh\u003cbr\u003e 6. Lucian and art history Jas Elsner\u003cbr\u003e 7. Some queer entanglements in Lucian's Erotes Alistair Blanshard\u003cbr\u003e Part II. 8. In praise of the fly Emily Kneebone\u003cbr\u003e 9. Lucian's Phalaris Peter Thonemann\u003cbr\u003e 10. Lucian the doorkeeper: inside and outside in Lucianic Poetics Marco Formisano\u003cbr\u003e 11. Geographical authority and bodily entanglements in Lucian's True Histories Jason König\u003cbr\u003e 12. Menippus goes to the moon: fantastical astronomy and Lucian's scientific imagination Karen ni Mhealligh\u003cbr\u003e 13. Lucian and Christianity Eleni Bozia\u003cbr\u003e 14. Identification and distance in Lucian's Dialogues of the Courtesans: subjects and their absences Dawn LaValle Norman\u003cbr\u003e 15. 'Here's Looking at You…': the dialogues of the gods and the erotics of the visual Simon Goldhill\u003cbr\u003e Part III. 16. Lucian of Samosata in renaissance Italy Irene Fantappié\u003cbr\u003e 17. Lucian goes north: the Luciani opuscula of Erasmus and Thomas More James Romm\u003cbr\u003e 18. From the eighteenth to the nineteenth century: Voltaire, Leopardi and a new avenue of philosophical critique Giacomo Loi\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical history \/ classical civilisation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical history \/ classical civilisation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20history%20\/%20classical%20civilisation%20%5BHBLA1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52474982072600,"sku":"9781009170390","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009170390i.jpg?v=1785802461","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-lucian-paperback-softback-9781009170390","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}