Author : Michèle Biraud
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,21 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Greek literature
ISBN : 9789004383357
'The Letters of Alciphron: A Unified Literary Work?' (Michèle Biraud and Arnaud Zucker editors) offer a dozen papers on an misknown author of the Second Sophistic, Alciphron, aiming to show the unity of his literary project.
Author : Alciphron
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,29 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Greek letters
ISBN : 9780674994218
Author : Patricia A. Rosenmeyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 21,8 MB
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1134451059
Chapter INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 CLASSICAL GREEK LITERARY LETTERS -- chapter 2 HELLENISTIC LITERARY LETTERS -- chapter 3 Letters and prose fictions of the Second Sophistic -- chapter 4 THE EPISTOLARY NOVELLA -- chapter 5 PSEUDO-HISTORICAL LETTER COLLECTIONS OF THE SECOND SOPHISTIC -- chapter 6 INVENTED CORRESPONDENCES, IMAGINARY VOICES.
Author : C. D. N. Costa
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 23,68 MB
Release : 2002-01-10
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0191590517
The book explores a relatively unfamiliar and under-appreciated area of Greek literature, imaginary letters written between about 100 BC and 500 AD. They are imaginary or fictional either because both writer and recipient are invented, or because they are attributed to real historical characters. In the latter group, the real authors are unknown, whereas we know at least the names of those in the first group. Letter writing, real and fictional, was an important activity in this period, which was also the time that the sophists or professional rhetoricians were very influential in the political and educational life particularly of the Greek east. Many of our authors clearly were sophists practising their skills, especially in character portrayal. This selection opens a window on an attractive, lively, and often amusing area in the history of Greek prose. All the letters are translated, and the commentaries provide both grammatical help and background information.
Author : Michèle Biraud
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 12,46 MB
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004383387
In ‘The Letters of Alciphron: A Unified Literary Work?’, Michèle Biraud and Arnaud Zucker have gathered a dozen international contributions about the collection of letters of Alciphron, hitherto mainly studied as part of the epistolary genre at the time of the Second Sophistic or as testimony of a nostalgia for the Athens of Menander's time. The aim is to show the unity of a literary project through studies on the careful arrangement of each book (overall organization, coherent reappropriation of a culture, innovations in generic hybridization) and various elements of cohesion between the four books. For this purpose, were used as tools codicological criticism, stylistic and rhetorical examination, analysis of prosody, study of thematic treatments, uses of onomastics.
Author : Patricia A. Rosenmeyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 29,51 MB
Release : 2001-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0521800048
A comprehensive look at the use of imaginary letters in Greek literature, first published in 2001.
Author :
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 13,44 MB
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1589837428
The first complete English translation of Aristaenetus in nearly three centuries Through allusion and adaption of earlier authors, Aristaenetus recounts tales that are the stuff of comedy, erotic poetry, and ancient novel. Here we read of lovers who use every trope of erotic literature to praise their beloveds in over-the-top speeches. Aristaenetus amazes us with tales of paramours hatching complicated schemes to achieve their desires, while wily go-betweens help smooth their way. He presents us with accounts of unfaithful spouses who barely avoid capture in the midst of hair-raising and amusing infidelities. This sixth century collection is perfect for anyone interested in classical and postclassical literature. Features: English translation and Greek text on facing pages Introduction with history of the text Discussion of intertextual connections with Greco-Roman authors
Author : George Berkeley
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,98 MB
Release : 1732
Category : Apologetics
ISBN :
Author : Alciphron
Publisher :
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 12,49 MB
Release : 1791
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Ruth Morello
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 38,74 MB
Release : 2007-06-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0191525359
The surviving body of ancient letters offers the reader a stunning variety of material, ranging from the everyday letters preserved among the Oxyrhynchus papyri to imperial rescripts, New Testament Epistles, fictional or pseudepigraphical letters and a wealth of missives on almost every conceivable subject. They offer us a unique insight into ancient practices in the fields of politics, literature, philosophy, medicine and many other areas. This collection presents a series of case studies in ancient letters, asking how each letter writer manipulates the epistolary tradition, why he chose the letter form over any other, and what effect the publication of volumes of collected letters might have had upon a reader's engagement with epistolary works. This volume is the first of its kind on ancient letters in any language, and it brings together both well-established and promising young scholars currently working in the fields of ancient literature, history, philosophy and medicine to engage in a shared debate about this most adaptable and 'interdisciplinary' of genres.
