Format:
VIII, 908 Seiten
Edition:
Online-Ausgabe Berlin De Gruyter 2009 1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9783110210309
Series Statement:
Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Volume 3,1
Content:
This work gathers together the principal essays of Richard Hunter, whose work has been fundamental in the modern re-evaluation of Greek literature after Alexander and its reception at Rome and elsewhere. At the heart of Hunter's work lies the high poetry of Ptolemaic Alexandria and the narrative literature of later antiquity ('the ancient novel'), but comedy, mime, didactic poetry and ancient literary criticism all fall within the scope of these studies. Principal recurrent themes are the uses and recreation of the past, the modes of poetic allusion, the moral purpose of literature, and the in
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110210309
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hunter, Richard L., 1953 - On coming after ; Pt. 1: Hellenistic poetry and its reception Berlin [u.a.] : de Gruyter, 2008
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110210309
URL:
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Author information:
Hunter, Richard L. 1953-