Collected Ancient Greek Novels

Name: Collected Ancient Greek Novels
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B. P. Reardon, J. R. Morgan

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California Uni Pr Trade
15 March 2019

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: World Literature in Translation

Prose fiction, although not always associated with classical antiquity, flourished in the early Roman Empire, not only in realistic Latin novels but also and indeed principally in the Greek ideal romance of love and adventure. Enormously popular in the Renaissance, these stories have been less familiar in later centuries. Translations of the Greek stories were not readily available in English before B.P. Reardon’s first appeared in 1989.

Nine complete stories are included here as well as ten others, encompassing the whole range of classical themes: romance, travel, adventure, historical fiction, and comic parody. A foreword by J.R. Morgan examines the enormous impact this groundbreaking collection has had on our understanding of classical thought and our concept of the novel.

Foreword by: J. R. Morgan
Edited by: B. P. Reardon
Imprint: California Uni Pr Trade
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 69mm
Weight: 816g
ISBN: 9780520305595
ISBN 10: 0520305590
Series: World Literature in Translation
Pages: 984
Publication Date: 15 March 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

B.P. Reardon (1928-2009) was Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of California, Irvine. J.R. Morgan is Professor Emeritus of Arts and Letters at Swansea University.