02768nam 2200673 a 450 991078024490332120230607214151.00-511-04736-30-511-15410-00-511-01777-4(CKB)111087027188860(EBL)201386(OCoLC)70752654(SSID)ssj0000103267(PQKBManifestationID)11132822(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103267(PQKBWorkID)10069924(PQKB)11106824(MiAaPQ)EBC201386(Au-PeEL)EBL201386(CaPaEBR)ebr5006347(EXLCZ)9911108702718886020000525d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAncient epistolary fictions[electronic resource] the letter in Greek literature /Patricia A. RosenmeyerCambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20011 online resource (382 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-521-80004-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-362) and index.Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; I Epistolarity: an introduction; II Epistolary fictions; III The epistolary novel; IV Epistolography in the Second Sophistic; Afterword; Bibliography; IndexThe first comprehensive look at the use of imaginary letters in Greek literature. The book challenges the notion that Ovid 'invented' the fictional letter form in the Heroides, and considers a wealth of Greek antecedents for the later European epistolary novel tradition.Greek literatureHistory and criticismLetters in literatureEpistolary fiction, GreekHistory and criticismEpistolary poetry, GreekHistory and criticismImaginary lettersHistory and criticismGreek lettersHistory and criticismLetter writing, GreekHistoryGreek literatureHistory and criticism.Letters in literature.Epistolary fiction, GreekHistory and criticism.Epistolary poetry, GreekHistory and criticism.Imaginary lettersHistory and criticism.Greek lettersHistory and criticism.Letter writing, GreekHistory.883/.0109Rosenmeyer Patricia A188207MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780244903321Ancient epistolary fictions305501UNINA