Dirty Love: The Genealogy of the Ancient Greek Novel

ISBN-13: 9780199742653 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 224 str.

Tim Whitmarsh

Opis

Where does the Greek novel come from? This book argues that whereas much of Greek literature was committed to a form of cultural purism, presenting itself as part of a continuous tradition reaching back to Homer, the novel revelled in its hybridisation with Persian, Egyptian and Jewish culture.

Recenzje

If you have some interest in the origins of the novel, the classical world or the roots of Western civilisation, youll enjoy this. I felt cleverer after reading it.

O autorze

Tim Whitmarsh is the second A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at the University of Cambridge. He also holds honorary roles at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and the Universities of Pretoria and Exeter. He is the author of 7 books, including most recently Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World, which has been translated into Dutch and (soon to appear) Chinese and Greek. He has written over 70 academic articles on ancient Greece, and appears regularly in newspapers such as The Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement, and on BBC radio and TV.