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Dirty love : the genealogy of the ancient Greek novel

Title
Dirty love : the genealogy of the ancient Greek novel / Tim Whitmarsh.
Author
Whitmarsh, Tim
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 18-6863Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
xviii, 201 pages; 25 cm
Series Statement
Onassis series in Hellenic culture
Uniform Title
Onassis series in Hellenic culture.
Subject
Greek fiction > History and criticism
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prelude -- First movement: Hellenism and hybridity -- Dirty love -- A history of the novel -- What is a novel? -- Epic and novel -- Sourcing Callirhoe -- Second movement: Persians -- The romance of Zarinaea and Stryangaeus -- Who was Ctesias? -- Persian love stories -- Media studies -- Cyrus' sex life -- Third movement: Jews -- Return to Joseph -- The Jewish novel -- Joseph in love -- Fourth movement: Egyptians -- The long Hellenistic -- Alexander in kohl -- Whose paradigm? -- Fifth movement: how Greek is the Greek romance? -- How Greek is the Greek romance? -- Romancing Semiramis -- Dirty love in late antiquity -- Conclusion: the foundation of Marseilles, some brooch-pins, and the history of the novel.
Call Number
JFE 18-6863
ISBN
  • 9780199742653
  • 0199742650
LCCN
  • 2017049554
  • 40028233105
OCLC
1010580954
Author
Whitmarsh, Tim, author.
Title
Dirty love : the genealogy of the ancient Greek novel / Tim Whitmarsh.
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Onassis series in Hellenic culture
Onassis series in Hellenic culture.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40028233105
Research Call Number
JFE 18-6863
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