Ancient Greek literary letters : selections in translation /

The only major work of its kind on Greek epistolography, this book examines short selections of fictional letters, and excerpts from histories, epics and novels, from the second and third centuries CE; the so-called 'Golden Age' of prose epistolography.; Arranged chronologically, with intr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rosenmeyer, Patricia A.
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Subjects:	Greek letters > History and criticism. Epistolary fiction, Greek > History and criticism. Lettres grecques (Genre littéraire) > Histoire et critique. Roman épistolaire grec > Histoire et critique. LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical. Epistolary fiction, Greek Greek letters Multi-User: limited to 5 simultaneous users. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Chapter INTRODUCTION
chapter 1 CLASSICAL GREEK LITERARY LETTERS
chapter 2 HELLENISTIC LITERARY LETTERS
chapter 3 Letters and prose fictions of the Second Sophistic
chapter 4 THE EPISTOLARY NOVELLA
chapter 5 PSEUDO-HISTORICAL LETTER COLLECTIONS OF THE SECOND SOPHISTIC
chapter 6 INVENTED CORRESPONDENCES, IMAGINARY VOICES.