Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-362) and index.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; I Epistolarity: an introduction; II Epistolary fictions; III The epistolary novel; IV Epistolography in the Second Sophistic; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The first comprehensive look at the use of imaginary letters in Greek literature. The book challenges the notion that Ovid 'invented' the fictional letter form in the Heroides, and considers a wealth of Greek antecedents for the later European epistolary novel tradition.
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Title
Ancient epistolary fictions.
International Standard Book Number
0521800048
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Epistolary fiction, Greek-- History and criticism.
Epistolary poetry, Greek-- History and criticism.
Greek letters-- History and criticism.
Greek literature-- History and criticism.
Imaginary letters-- History and criticism.
Letter writing, Greek-- History.
Letters in literature.
Correspondance grecque-- Histoire.
Lettres (Genre littéraire) dans la littérature.
Lettres (Genre littéraire) grecques-- Histoire et critique.
Lettres fictives-- Histoire et critique.
Littérature grecque-- Histoire et critique.
Poésie épistolaire grecque-- Histoire et critique.