THE ANCIENT ROMANCES A Literary-Historical Account of Their Origins
by Perry, Ben Edwin
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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University of California Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Faint dampstain to top of textblock. ; Deals with questions relating to the nature and origin of the ancient novels. It also proposes a new and positive theory of what constitutes a literary form generally and how such forms normally arise. Part I considers the serious or ideal Greek romance as a type of literature produced in quantity in response to a continuous popular demand. Part II explains the origin and rationale of the comic romances of Petronius, Lucian, and Apuleius, each in a different manner with respect to the author's purpose, his intellectual outlook, and the circumstances that impelled him to write his book. ; Sather Classical Lectures; 407 pages .
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- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28516
- Title
- THE ANCIENT ROMANCES A Literary-Historical Account of Their Origins
- Author
- Perry, Ben Edwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Ancient Greek, Classical Greek & Roman, Romance, Literary Criticism, Greek Literature, Fiction & Poetry
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