Niklas Holzberg
Autore di The Ancient Novel: An Introduction
Opere di Niklas Holzberg
Opere correlate
The Art of Love: Bimillennial Essays on Ovid's Ars Amatoria and Remedia Amoris (2007) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
The Ancient Novel and Beyond (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum) (2003) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
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- Opere
- 23
- Opere correlate
- 7
- Utenti
- 117
- Popolarità
- #168,597
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 45
- Lingue
- 6
Holzberg introduces the genre clearly in just over 100-pages. He begins by defining the genre and discussing related literary works. Then, he moves through the different "periods" of ancient novel writing by examining the principal novels from each. For being such a short book, Holzberg gives you enough information about each novel to give you a feel for the work and how it fits into the history and development of the genre.
The book is a translation from German. But, unlike some translations of academic books, this one reads very well.
There is also an excellent bibliography of primary and secondary sources, including references to works about the genre as a whole as well as about each of the leading novels themselves.
My only quibble with the book is its abrupt ending. There is no conclusion per se as he ends the book with a discussion of a later ancient novel. After fitting so much clear and helpful analysis into such a small package, I was hoping for an excellent conclusion that brought it all together.… (altro)