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Chariton of Aphrodisias and the Invention of the Greek Love Novel
Author(s): Stefan Tilg (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: July 1, 2010
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 356 pages
- ISBN-10: 0199576947
- ISBN-13: 9780199576944
Book Description
Questions about the origin of the Greek love novel – itself the precursor of the love novel in Europe – have intrigued scholars for centuries. Stefan Tilg proposes a new solution to this ancient puzzle by arguing for a personal inventor of
the genre, Chariton of Aphrodisias, whose Narratives about Callirhoe, dates from the mid-first century AD.
the genre, Chariton of Aphrodisias, whose Narratives about Callirhoe, dates from the mid-first century AD.
