1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996201144303316

Titolo

The Cambridge companion to the Greek and Roman novel / / edited by Tim Whitmarsh [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-139-81767-1

1-139-00183-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 392 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge companions to literature

Classificazione

18.43

18.46

Disciplina

880.09

Soggetti

Classical fiction - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Tim Whitmarsh -- Literary milieux / Ewen Bowie -- The history of sexuality / Helen Morales -- Cultural identity / Susan Stephens -- Class / Tim Whitmarsh -- Religion / Froma Zeitlin -- Travel / James Romm -- Body and text / Jason König -- Time / Lawrence Kim -- Politics and spectacles / Catherine Connors -- Genre / Simon Goldhill -- Approaching style and rhetoric / Andrew Laird -- Intertextuality / John Morgan and Stephen Harrison -- Narrative / Tim Whitmarsh and Shadi Bartsch -- Ancient readers / Richard Hunter -- Byzantine readers / Joan B. Burton -- The re-emergence of ancient novels in Western Europe, 1300-1810 / Michael Reeve -- Novels ancient and modern / Gerald Sandy and Stephen Harrison -- Modernity and post-modernity / Massimo Fusillo.

Sommario/riassunto

The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel contains nineteen original essays by an international cast of experts in the field. The emphasis is upon the critical interpretation of the texts within historical settings, both in antiquity and in the later generations that have been and continue to be inspired by them. All the central issues of current scholarship are addressed: sexuality, cultural identity, class, religion, politics, narrative, style, readership and much more. Four sections cover cultural context of the novels, their contents,



literary form, and their reception in classical antiquity and beyond. Each chapter includes guidance on further reading. This collection will be essential for scholars and students, as well as for others who want an up-to-date, accessible introduction into this exhilarating material.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910164893703321

Autore

Erickson John R.

Titolo

Wagons west / / John R. Erickson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Perryton, Texas : , : Maverick Books, Inc., , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-59188-767-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (77 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Hank the Cowdog ; ; 67

Disciplina

813.54

Soggetti

Ranch life

Hank the Cowdog (Fictitious character)

Texas Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Little Alfred, who hopes to become a professional explorer, skips his nap and hitches Hank to his wagon and the two travel west until a sudden storm and a flooded creek strand them far from home, and Hank must rely on his instincts and wits to keep them safe.