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This is the second publication in Brill's handbook series The Classical Tradition . The subject of this volume is that group of works of extended prose narrative fiction which bears many similarities to the modern novel and which appeared in the later classical periods in Greece and Rome. The ancient novel has enjoyed renewed popularity in recent years not only among students of literature, but also among those looking for new sources on the popular culture of antiquity and among scholars of religion. The volume surveys the new insights and approaches to the ancient novel which have emerged form the application of a variety of disciplines in the recent years. The 25 senior scholars contributing to the volume are drawn from a broad range of European and North American traditions of scholarship. Chapters cover the important issues dealing with the novel, novelists, novel-like works of fiction, their development, transformation, Christianisation and Nachleben, as well as a broad range of matters, from literary/philological to cultural/historical and religious, which concerns modern scholars in the field. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

Classical fiction --- Civilization, Ancient, in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Classical Latin literature --- Fiction --- Classical Greek literature --- Civilization, Ancient, in literature --- History and criticism --- Roman ancien --- Civilisation ancienne dans la littérature --- Histoire et critique --- Classical literature --- Antieke cultuur. (Reeks) --- Antiquité classique. (Collection) --- Civilisation gréco-romaine. (Collection) --- Klassieke Oudheid. (Reeks) --- Civilization [Ancient ] in literature --- Classical fiction - History and criticism.

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"This volume presents a collection of thirteen papers from the Fourth International Conference on the Ancient Novel (ICAN 2008), which was held in Lisbon at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian from July 21 to 26, 2008.

Classical fiction --- Classical literature --- History and criticism. --- History and criticism

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Classical fiction --- Saints in literature --- Swindlers and swindling in literature --- Classical literature --- History and criticism