Reading Fiction with Lucian: Fakes, Freaks and HyperReality

ISBN-13: 9781107437784 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 317 str.

Karen Ni Mheallaigh

Opis

A captivating new interpretation of Lucian as a fictional theorist and writer to stand alongside the novelists of the day.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Lucian's Promethean poetics: hybridity, fiction and the postmodern; 2. Toxaris: microfiction and the Greek novel; 3. Philopseudes: philosophy of fiction, drama of reading; 4. Semiotic fictions: the lector in fabula from The Incredible Things beyond Thule to The Name of the Rose; 5. Beyond Thule: adventures at the edge of the text; 6. Lucian's True Stories: travels in hyperreality; 7. Conclusion: fiction and the wonder-culture of the Roman Empire.