Love and providence : recognition in the ancient novel /
Montiglio, Silvia,1960-
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2013.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index.
True love and immediate recognition -- Callirhoe: something in the way she breathes -- The Ephesiaca: slow and quick eyes -- Beauty, dress, and identity -- Leucippe and Clitophon: teasing expectations -- Daphnis and Chloe: too beautiful to be shepherds -- Reading identity: recognitions in the Aethiopica -- First, misidentifications -- The recognition of Chariclea -- Reading recognitions -- A gift of providence? : recognitions in two Roman novels -- The Satyrica: recognition and capture -- The Golden ass: recognition and return -- From the pagan novels to early Jewish and Christian narratives: refashioning recognition -- "Telling my whole life with his words": recognitions in Apollonius of Tyre -- "Who are you?" : Joseph and Aseneth, or it is impossible to recognize a convert -- Recognition of family and recognition of god in the pseudo-Clementine recognitions -- Dress and recognition: a novelistic motif becomes Christian -- Epilogue: the ancient novel in the history of the recognition motif -- Tragedy and comedy -- Future influences: highlights.
Recognition in literature.
Greek fiction
Latin fiction