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Author: William M. Owens
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.498kg
ISBN: 9780367348755
ISBN 10: 0367348756
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 02 December 2019
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This is not the first book one should read on the Greek novel, but it is a necessary one... Altogether, the book well illustrates the centrality of slavery to the Greek novel, and shows how the ancient Greek novel became a cultural entrepot through which new comedy, Roman comedy, and other genres came to be appreciated in the Greek-speaking world under Roman rule. - Phoenix
This is not the first book one should read on the Greek novel, but it is a necessary one... Altogether, the book well illustrates the centrality of slavery to the Greek novel, and shows how the ancient Greek novel became a cultural entrepot through which new comedy, Roman comedy, and other genres came to be appreciated in the Greek-speaking world under Roman rule. - Phoenix Owens has produced a careful study of unfree status in the genre...this in-depth investigation of forced labour in ancient fiction contains many useful insights and will make a significant impact. - Bryn Mawr Classical Review Owens's formidable achievement in engaging both with the literary and with the historical spheres to advance our understanding of ancient slavery through the medium of the Greek novel, and of course of the genre itself-an approach that The Representation of Slavery in the Greek Novel plainly commends as a path to follow. - Ancient Narrative
This is not the first book one should read on the Greek novel, but it is a necessary one... Altogether, the book well illustrates the centrality of slavery to the Greek novel, and shows how the ancient Greek novel became a cultural entrepot through which new comedy, Roman comedy, and other genres came to be appreciated in the Greek-speaking world under Roman rule. - Phoenix Owens has produced a careful study of unfree status in the genre...this in-depth investigation of forced labour in ancient fiction contains many useful insights and will make a significant impact. - Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Author Information
William M. Owens is Associate Professor of Classics at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. His research focuses on the representation of social institutions, practices, and ideologies in ancient literature, in particular comedy and the novel.
