The recollections of Encolpius : the Satyrica of Petronius as Milesian fiction / / Gottskálk Jensson

• Autore: Jensson Gottskálk
• Pubblicazione: Groningen : , : Barkhuis : , : Groningen University Library, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Satire, Latin - History and criticism
• Classificazione: 18.46
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-317) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Preface; Part 1: Narrative; 1.1 Text, Context and Identity; 1.2 The Desultory Voice of Encolpius; Part 2: Story; 2.1 Sorting the Fragments; 2.2 Retrospective Soliloquies and Dialogues; 2.3 Rewriting the Satyrica (My Turn); Part 3: Genre; 3.1 Ancient Narrative in personis; 3.2 The Hidden Genre; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index; Abstract
• Sommario/riassunto: While nineteenth-century scholars debated whether the fragmentary Satyrica of Petronius should be regarded as a traditional or an original work in ancient literary history, twentieth-century Petronian scholarship tended to take for granted that the author was a unique innovator and his work a synthetic composition with respect to genre. The consequence of this was an excessive emphasis on authorial intention as well as a focus on parts of the text taken out of the larger context, which has increased the already severe state of fragmentation in which today's reader finds the Satyrica.The presen
• Titolo autorizzato: The recollections of Encolpius
• ISBN: 94-91431-37-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996320840503316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Ancient narrative. . -Supplementum ; ; 2.