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Perry, Ben Edwin

THE ANCIENT ROMANCES A Literary-Historical Account of Their Origins Very Good in Good dust jacket

University of California Press, 1967

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Year of publication
1967
Author
Perry, Ben Edwin
Publishers
University of California Press
Keyword
Ancient Greek Classical Greek & Roman Romance Literary Criticism, Greek Literature Fiction & Poetry
Cover description
Very Good in Good dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover

Description

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