The Resource Ancient Greek literary letters : selections in translation, Patricia A. Rosenmeyer
Ancient Greek literary letters : selections in translation, Patricia A. Rosenmeyer
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The item Ancient Greek literary letters : selections in translation, Patricia A. Rosenmeyer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- The only major work of its kind on Greek epistolography, this book examines short selections of fictional letters, and excerpts from histories, epics and novels, from the second and third centuries CE; the so-called 'Golden Age' of prose epistolography.; Arranged chronologically, with introductory sections for each time period, this book studies a wide range of writers, genres and literary levels, and analyzes love letters, philosophical letters, historical novels in letters, sketches of rural life, sketches of courtesan life, and comic letters among many more.; Well-respected author Patricia A. Rosenmeyer has selected a highly entertaining selection, which include translation of previously inaccessible or untranslated works, and deftly opens up a neglected area of study to provide an enjoyable and central study text for students of Greek epistolography
- Language
-
- eng
- grc
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 168 pages)
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781280562846
- Label
- Ancient Greek literary letters : selections in translation
- Title
- Ancient Greek literary letters
- Title remainder
- selections in translation
- Statement of responsibility
- Patricia A. Rosenmeyer
- Language
-
- eng
- grc
- eng
- Summary
- The only major work of its kind on Greek epistolography, this book examines short selections of fictional letters, and excerpts from histories, epics and novels, from the second and third centuries CE; the so-called 'Golden Age' of prose epistolography.; Arranged chronologically, with introductory sections for each time period, this book studies a wide range of writers, genres and literary levels, and analyzes love letters, philosophical letters, historical novels in letters, sketches of rural life, sketches of courtesan life, and comic letters among many more.; Well-respected author Patricia A. Rosenmeyer has selected a highly entertaining selection, which include translation of previously inaccessible or untranslated works, and deftly opens up a neglected area of study to provide an enjoyable and central study text for students of Greek epistolography
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rosenmeyer, Patricia A
- Dewey number
- 886.0109
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PA3637.L4
- LC item number
- R67 2006eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Greek letters
- Epistolary fiction, Greek
- Label
- Ancient Greek literary letters : selections in translation, Patricia A. Rosenmeyer
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 168 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781280562846
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- ocm77059506\
- (OCoLC)77059506
- Label
- Ancient Greek literary letters : selections in translation, Patricia A. Rosenmeyer
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 168 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781280562846
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- ocm77059506\
- (OCoLC)77059506
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