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BL
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1002244
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b756614
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| Main Entry
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Rosenmeyer, Patricia A.
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| Title & Author
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Ancient epistolary fictions : : the letter in Greek literature /\ Patricia A. Rosenmeyer.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2001.
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1 online resource (x, 370 pages)
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| ISBN
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0511017774
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: 0511154100
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: 0521800048
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: 9780511017773
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: 9780511154102
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: 9780521800044
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-362) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; I Epistolarity: an introduction; II Epistolary fictions; III The epistolary novel; IV Epistolography in the Second Sophistic; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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The first comprehensive look at the use of imaginary letters in Greek literature. The book challenges the notion that Ovid 'invented' the fictional letter form in the Heroides, and considers a wealth of Greek antecedents for the later European epistolary novel tradition.
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Epistolary fiction, Greek-- History and criticism.
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Epistolary poetry, Greek-- History and criticism.
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Greek letters-- History and criticism.
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Greek literature-- History and criticism.
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Imaginary letters-- History and criticism.
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Letter writing, Greek-- History.
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Letters in literature.
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Correspondance grecque-- Histoire.
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Lettres (Genre littéraire) dans la littérature.
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Lettres (Genre littéraire) grecques-- Histoire et critique.
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Lettres fictives-- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature grecque-- Histoire et critique.
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Poésie épistolaire grecque-- Histoire et critique.
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Roman épistolaire grec-- Histoire et critique.
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Epistolary fiction, Greek.
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Epistolary poetry, Greek.
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Greek letters.
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Greek literature.
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Imaginary letters.
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Letter writing, Greek.
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Letters in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Ancient Classical.
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| Dewey Classification
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883/.0109
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| LC Classification
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PA3014.L37R67 2001eb
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