Chariton of Aphrodisias and the invention of the Greek love novel

• Tác giả: Stefan Tilg
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0199576944
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 883.01 $Classical Greek epic poetry and fiction
• Thông tin xuất bản: New York : Oxford University Press 2010
• Mô tả vật lý: xi, 343 p. ; , 23 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Văn học
• ID: 153380
• Chủ đề: 1. Romance fiction, Greek--History and criticism

Includes bibliographical references (pp. [301]-320) and index.

Tóm tắt

Questions about the origin of the Greek love novel, itself the precursor of the love novel in Europe, have intrigued scholars for centuries. Stefan Tilg proposes a new solution by arguing that Chariton of Aphrodisias was the inventor of the genre.