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Epistolary Narratives in Ancient Greek Literature
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Edited by:
Owen Hodkinson
Languages:
English, Multiple languages
Published/Copyright:
2013
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About this book
The literary letter was one of the most versatile and popular forms of writing in Greek antiquity, yet one of the least widely studied today. The use of the letter within narrative or as narrative medium is something which the Ancient Greek literary tradition established as central to the western world (especially through the letters of Plato, Hippocrates and the Christian epistolographers). This volume presents detailed literary readings of a wide range of Greek literary letter collections. By comparison of the various narrative strategies taken within Greek epistolary texts across a range of genres, cultural backgrounds, and time periods, the volume takes a significant step towards the appreciation of Greek epistolary collections as a unique literary phenomenon.
Author / Editor information
Owen Hodkinson, D.Phil. (2009), Oxford University, is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Leeds. He has published several articles on Greek epistolary literature, and a monograph on Philostratus: Authority and Tradition in Philostratus' Heroikos (Pensa Multimedia, 2011).
Patricia Rosenmeyer, Ph.D. (1987), Princeton University, is Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin. She has published widely on Greek poetry, and two books on epistolary fiction: Ancient Epistolary Fictions (Cambridge, 2001) and Ancient Greek Literary Letters (Routledge, 2006).
Evelien Bracke, Ph.D. (2009), National University of Ireland, Maynooth, is currently the Latin and Greek tutor at Swansea University.
Contributors: Silvio Bär, Angus Bowie, Deborah Gera, Pamela Gordon, Owen Hodkinson, Dmitri Kasprzyk, Jason König, Jane McLarty, John Morgan, A.D. Morrison, Ryan Olson, Orlando Poltera, Ian Repath, P.A. Rosenmeyer, Niall Slater, Tim Whitmarsh
Patricia Rosenmeyer, Ph.D. (1987), Princeton University, is Professor of Classics at the University of Wisconsin. She has published widely on Greek poetry, and two books on epistolary fiction: Ancient Epistolary Fictions (Cambridge, 2001) and Ancient Greek Literary Letters (Routledge, 2006).
Evelien Bracke, Ph.D. (2009), National University of Ireland, Maynooth, is currently the Latin and Greek tutor at Swansea University.
Contributors: Silvio Bär, Angus Bowie, Deborah Gera, Pamela Gordon, Owen Hodkinson, Dmitri Kasprzyk, Jason König, Jane McLarty, John Morgan, A.D. Morrison, Ryan Olson, Orlando Poltera, Ian Repath, P.A. Rosenmeyer, Niall Slater, Tim Whitmarsh
Reviews
"[T]he volume has the potential to draw the attention of ancient historians working on texts as diverse and chronologically separate as Herodotus and Josephus to the importance of letters embedded in historiographical narratives, and it sheds innovative light on late antique martyrdom accounts cast in the form of a letter." Lieve Van Hoof, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2014.08.47.
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eBook published on:
May 30, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9789004253032
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Main content:
412
eBook ISBN:
9789004253032
Keywords for this book
Greek; epistolography; narrative; fiction; pseudepigrapha; biography; historiography; philosophers
Audience(s) for this book
All interested in ancient and especially Greek epistolography, Greek narrative and fiction; also those interested in letters in historiography, epistolary pseudepigrapha and (auto-) biography (especially of philosophers, sages and martyrs).
