Dynamics of ancient prose biographic, novelistic, apologetic / edited by Thea S. Thorsen and Stephen Harrison.

Other author Thorsen, Thea Selliaas.
Other author Harrison, S. J.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]
Descriptionviii, 249 pages ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Classical literature--History and criticism.

SeriesTrends in classics. Supplementary volumes, 1868-4785 ; volume 62
Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes ; v. 62. 1868-4785 ^A1129057
Contents Introducing the dynamics of ancient prose -- Part I: Biographic. The strategies of Plutarch's On the malice of Herodotus / John Marincola ; Bodily attributes and authority: descriptions of the body in Suetonius' Biographies / Gunhild Vidén ; Power and paradox in the early writings of Marcus Aurelius and Fronto: 'biographical sketches' in laudes and letters / Thea S. Thorsen -- Part II: Novelistic. The autobiography of Encolpius: reading the Satyrica as the confessions of the first-person narrator / Gareth Schmeling ; The visibility of the author in the ancient novel / Ken Dowden, Amanda Myers ; Apuleius and the idea of taste in classical antiquity / David Konstan ; The flowers of the meadow: intrageneric intertextuality in Achilles Tatius 1-2 / Tim Whitmarsh -- Part III: Apologetic. The rhetorical construction of heresy in the Church Fathers / Einar Thomassen ; Hagiography and displacement: city readers, desert scenes / Philip Rousseau ; Biographical sketches of the heretical life: The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis / Ingvild Sælid Gilhus -- Part IV: Receptions. Psyche amongst the Victorians: an aspect of Apuleian reception / Stephen Harrison ; Captured moments: illustrating Longus' prose / Ewen Bowie.
Summary Ancient prose is intriguingly diverse. This volume explores the dynamics of the Latin and Greek prose of the Roman empire in the forms of biography, novel and apologetics which have historically lacked recognition as uncanonical genres, and yet appear vital today. Focusing on the sophistication in thought and artistic texture to be found within these literary kinds, this volume offers a collection of stimulating essays for students and scholars of literature and culture in antiquity - and beyond.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and indexes.
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Issued in other formElectronic version: Dynamics of Ancient Prose. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018] 9783110594430
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