- Paperback: 835 pages
- Publisher: University of California Press; Reprint edition (1 July 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0520043065
- ISBN-13: 978-0520043060
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 15 x 5.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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"The modern reader will find many pleasures and surprises in these ancient novels."--The Key Reporter "The modern reader will find many pleasures and surprises in these ancient novels."--The Key Reporter
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"This volume of translations has no English predecessor or foreign equal. . . . Reardon, having miraculously resurrected serious study of this oddly neglected literature, has organized the entire venture, written the general introuction, translated some texts, and edited all."--"Choice
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A much needed collection! The genre of the ancient novel is sadly overlooked, even by professional classicists, and this volume can only mark a move in the right direction in making ancient Greek novels accessible to a wider audience (especially at an affordable price!). The collection is extremely comprehensive, covering the canon of the five extant novels, as well as a very useful range of slightly more peripheral works, such as Lucian's 'True Story'. Although the Roman novels of Petronius and Apuleius do not appear in it, they are easily available, unlike most of these texts.
The translations are all easy to read, and Winkler's 'Kleitophon and Leukippe' is a bold, witty delight. Even for the non-classicist, there is plenty to amuse and interest, as this collection is the foundation of romantic novels.
The only shame is that the version of 'The Alexander Romance' presented here is quite abrreviated and does not acknowledge all of the recensions, as Richard Stoneman's Penguin edition does.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This excellent collection contains the nine extant complete Greek prose romances, together with fragments of another ten. Varying in tone from the sensationalism of Chaereas and Callirhoe, to the tender eroticism of Daphnis and Chloe, this opens up the field of Greek literature offering early examples of prose works that influence the Renaissance romance and, ultimately, the novel.
It would have been helpful to have had a slightly more coherent introduction both to the volume as a whole and to the individual works: since they are translated by different people, the introductions are also a little eclectic.
That aside, this is a much-needed volume, and is full of gems that entertain and sometime move.
It would have been helpful to have had a slightly more coherent introduction both to the volume as a whole and to the individual works: since they are translated by different people, the introductions are also a little eclectic.
That aside, this is a much-needed volume, and is full of gems that entertain and sometime move.
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The common view of Greek literature is that other than Homer there is merely a gigantic swathe of philosophy, much of it extremely turgid. Whilst this is to some extent true, this book explores those more unknown and vastly more readable aspects including the love stories. A well written book, this has much to offer both to the student wishing to add some contemporary thinking sourced outside Aristophanes, and to anyone who enjoys a good, gripping story.
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