The ancient novel and the frontiers of genre
By: edited by Marilia P. Futre Pinheiro, Gareth Schmeling, Edmund P. Cueva
Contributors: International Conference on the Ancient Novel (4th : 2008 : Lisbon, Portugal); Futre Pinheiro, M. (Marília), editor; Cueva, Edmund P., 1964- editor
Series: Ancient Narrative Supplementum -- 18; Ancient narrative -- 18.
Publisher: Barkhius
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Eelde
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9789491431661
Subjects: Classical fiction; History and criticism; Classical literature
Description: This volume presents a collection of thirteen papers from the Fourth International Conference on the Ancient Novel (ICAN 2008), which was held in Lisbon at the Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian from July 21 to 26, 2008. The Ancient Novel and the Frontiers of Genre reflects entirely the spirit and the general theme of the Conference, and is intended to convey the idea that both the novel as a literary form and scholarship on the ancient novel tend to mature and advance by crossing boundaries that older forms regarded as uncrossable. The papers assembled in this volume include extended prose narratives of all kinds and thereby widen and enrich the scope of the novel's canon. The essays explore a wide variety of text, crossed genres, and hybrid forms, which transgress the frontiers of the so-called ancient novel, providing an excellent insight into different kinds of narrative prose in antiquity. (from the preface)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.