Decoding the ancient novel : the reader and the role of description in Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius /
Using a reader-oriented approach, Shadi Bartsch reconsiders the role of detailed descriptive accounts in the ancient Greek novels of Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius and in so doing offers a new view of the genre itself. Bartsch demonstrates that these passages, often misunderstood as mere ornamental...
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[1989]
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| Series: | Princeton legacy library
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