Reading fiction with Lucian : fakes, freaks and hyperreality /
Ni' Mheallaigh, Karen,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Lucian's Promethean poetics: hybridity, fiction and the postmodern; 2. Toxaris: microfiction and the Greek novel; 3. Philopseudes: philosophy of fiction, drama of reading; 4. Semiotic fictions: the lector in fabula from The Incredible Things Beyond Thule to The Name of the Rose; 5. Beyond Thule: adventures at the edge of the text; 6. Lucian's True Stories: travels in hyperreality; 7. Conclusion: fiction and the wonder-culture of the Roman Empire.
Lucian, of Samosata
Greek fiction