Love and Providence. Recognition in the Ancient Novel. - MONTIGLIO, Silvia,
KORTE INHOUD
'Silvia Montiglio?s book concerning recognition scenes in the ancient novel is an intricate, challenging work and one which will certainly be the foundation for much more exciting scholarship to come. (...) Montiglio?s monograph is a useful, exhaustively researched piece of scholarship and a welcome addition to the growing body of work on the ancient novel. This text will help dispel lingering doubts concerning the legitimacy of the ancient novel?s place in the canon of worthy works from Greco-Roman antiquity. While there has been an explosion of scholarship on the novel in the last 30 years or so (particularly on Apuleius) there still seems (at least to me) a sense that the Greek novels are something of a neglected step-child. Using recognition scenes as an interpretive springboard, Montiglio deftly demonstrates how richly layered and markedly different these works are, even with plots and characters which, at a glance, appear extraordinarily similar to one another. By teasing out the myriad allusions to Hom...
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Oxford (...), 2013. IX,256p. Hard bound with dust wrps. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: MONTIGLIO, Silvia,] [Uitgever: Oxford University Press] [Jaar: 2013] [Titel: Love and Providence. Recognition in the Ancient Novel.]
