This collection of essays offers a comprehensive examination of texts that traditionally have been excluded from the main corpus of the ancient Greek noveland confined to the margins of the genre, such as the Life of Aesop, the Lifeof Alexander the Great, and the Acts of the Christian Martyrs. Through comparison and contrast, intertextual analysis and close examination, the boundariesof the dichotomy between the fringe vs. the canonical or erotic novel are explored, and so the generic identity of the texts in each group is more clearly outlined. The collective outcome brings the fringe from the periphery of scholarly research to the centre of critical attention, and provides methodologicaltools for the exploration of other fringe texts.
- ISBN: 978-90-04-17547-1
- Editorial: Brill
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 232
- Fecha Publicación: 15/05/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés