Ancient Fiction (Routledge Revivals) - 9781138013223

Taylor & Francis

Ancient Fiction (Routledge Revivals)The Novel in the Graeco-Roman World\nAuthor(s): Graham Anderson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138013223, 978-1138013223\nSynopsis\nA number of ancient novelists were skilful storytellers and resourceful literary artists, and their works are often carefully individualised presentations of an ancient and distinguished heritage.\n\nAncient Fiction, first published in 1984, examines the tales retold by these novelists in light of more recently discovered Near Eastern texts, and in this way offers a tentative solution to Rohdes celebrated problem about the origins of the Greek novel. Among the surprises that emerge are an ancient stratum of the Arabian Nights and a possible Tristan-Romance, as well as an animal Satyricon and a human Golden Ass. \n\nThis new framework is, however, incidental to an examination of the achievements of ancient novelists in their own right. In present.