Decoding the Ancient Novel: The Reader and the Role of Description in Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius
Shadi Bartsch
Decoding the Ancient Novel: The Reader and the Role of Description in Heliodorus and Achilles Tatius
Shadi Bartsch
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 devices, form in fact an integral part of the narr
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