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Rosenmeyer, Patricia A.

Ancient epistolary fictions : the letter in Greek literature / Patricia A. Rosenmeyer. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [(c)2001.] - 1 online resource (x, 370 pages)

Includes bibliographies 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; Index.

The 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.



ISBN: 0511017774 9780511017773 0511154100 9780511154102

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Greek literature--History and criticism.
Letters in literature.
Epistolary fiction, Greek--History and criticism.
Epistolary poetry, Greek--History and criticism.
Imaginary letters--History and criticism.
Greek letters--History and criticism.
Letter writing, Greek--History.
Greek literature.
Literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic Books.

LC Class. No.: PA3014.37