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
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Published
28 June 2016
Pages
212
ISBN
9780691635606

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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