Author: PERRY, BEN EDWIN
Title: The Ancient Romances a Literary-Historical Account of Their Origins
Description: University of California Press, 1967. Hardcover. Minor shelfwear. 1 corner bumped with faint crease through some pages. Dustjacket has chipping and sopme tears. Minor browning to DJ. DJ is price-clipped. ; Deals with questions relating to the nature and origin of the ancient novels. It also proposes a new and positive theory of what constitutes a literary form generally and how such forms normally arise. Part I considers the serious or ideal Greek romance as a type of literature produced in quantity in response to a continuous popular demand. Part II explains the origin and rationale of the comic romances of Petronius, Lucian, and Apuleius, each in a different manner with respect to the author's purpose, his intellectual outlook, and the circumstances that impelled him to write his book. ; Sather Classical Lectures; 407 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: Ancient Greek Classical Greek & Roman Romance Literary Criticism Greek Literature Fiction & Poetry


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