Oxford Readings in the Greek Novel [Paperback]

This book comprises a new and exciting collection of critical work on the ancient Greek novel. It offers students and researchers twelve of the most influential studies of recent years together with an introduction, by the editor, which explores the nature of the Greek novel in its historical context. The most important Greek quotations have been rendered into English making these texts easily accessible to readers without Greek.

1. A Century and More of the Greek Novel,Simon Swain
2. The Greek Novel: The Genre,Ewen Bowie
3. The Conflict of Emotions: aToposin the Greek Erotic Novel,Massimo Fusillo
4. Rural Society in the Greek Novel, or The Country Seen from the Town,Suzanne Said
5. The Role of Women in the Greek Novel: Woman as Heroine and Reader,Brigitte Egger
6.CallirhoeandParthenope: The Beginnings of the Historical Novel,Tomas Hagg
7. Theme, Structure and Narrative in Chariton,B. P. Reardon
8. Longos: Towards a History of Bucolic and its Function in the Roman Empire,Bernd Effe
9. The Novel of Longos the Sophist and Pastoral Tradition,Lia Raffaella Cresci
10. Achilles Tatius and Ego-Narrative,B.P.Reardon
11. The Story of Knemon in Heliodoros'Aithiopka,J.R. Morgan
12. The Mendacity of Kalasiris and the Narrative Strategy of Heliodoros'Aithiopika,John J. Winkler
13. The Mirror of the Moon. Lucian'sA True Story- From Satire to Utopia,Massimo Fusillo