Dirty Love: The Genealogy of the Ancient Greek Novel

by Tim Whitmarsh

Some of the world's earliest large-form fictional narratives--what would today be called novels-are found in ancient Greece. Dating back to the first century CE, these narratives contain many of the elements common to the novelistic genre, for instance, the joining, separation, and reunion of two lovers. These ancient works have often been heralded as the ancestors of the modern novel; but what can we say of the origins of the Greek novel itself?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199742650
• ISBN13: 9780199742653
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"