Epistolary Fiction in Ancient Greek Literature

Published by De Gruyter 2023

Epistolary Fiction in Ancient Greek Literature

Edited by: Émeline Marquis

Volume 19 in the series Philologus. Supplemente / Philologus. Supplementary Volumes

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110983739

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About this book

Ancient epistolary fiction is a still largely under-explored field of research, at the intersection of studies on epistolography and on pseudepigraphy. The present volume sketches out a broad panorama of ancient fiction in letters. It covers a large period of time up to late Antiquity, with a main focus on letters from the imperial era. Epistolary fiction is examined as a mainly Greek phenomenon (there are few Latin equivalents) that was characteristic of both pagan and Christian literature. The material investigated falls within two categories: fictional letter collections from well-known authors of the Second Sophistic and their successors (Lucian, Alciphron, Philostratus, Aristaenetus); letters attributed to famous historical or legendary characters (pseudonymous letters). Focusing on the specific features of epistolary fiction, the book aims to analyse its forms, its functions as well as its effects. It gathers a series of 11 state-of-the art essays, all tackling the same important issues: the manuscript and printed tradition, the form of epistolary fictions and the universe they build, the arrangement of the letters and their overall structure, the relation between the author and his external readers.

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Émeline Marquis, CNRS, Paris, France.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Content Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Epistolary Fiction versus Spurious Letters Émeline Marquis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Authentic Fictions
Saturnalische Fiktionen. Lukians Τὰ πρὸς Κρόνον als karnevaleskes Textcorpus Peter von Möllendorff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Temps, mythe et littérature dans les Lettres d’Alciphron Alain Billault Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Der komödische Brief – Poiesis und Gattungshybride in Alkiphrons Hetärenbriefen Manuel Baumbach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Order and Structure in the Letters of Philostratus A. D. Morrison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Poor, Foreign, and Desperate: Philostratus’ Fictional Letter-writer Persona in the Erotic Letters Owen Hodkinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
The Letters of Aristaenetus: Attribution, Dating, Cultural Background Anna Tiziana Drago Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Part II: Disputed Fictions
Vom Topos zum Ethos: Überlegungen zum Umgang mit tradiertem Gedankengut in den Phalarisbriefen Vinko Hinz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Der „alte gute“ Euripides der „Euripidesbriefe“, oder: Sinn und Zweck einer „biographie corrigée“ Heinz-Günther Nesselrath Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Ea omnia super Christo Pilatus […] Caesari tunc Tiberio nuntiauit (Tertullien, Apol. 21). Quand les éditeurs fabriquent une lettre de Pilate : l’autonomisation d’une fiction épistolaire Anne-Catherine Baudoin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
„Von Syrien bis Rom kämpfe ich mit wilden Tieren ...“ (IgnRom 5,1). Die ignatianischen Briefe als literarische Fiktion aufs Neue verteidigt Thomas Johann Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Redaktionsgeschichte und Fiktion in der Briefsammlung von Nilus Ankyranus Luciano Bossina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Index nominum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Index rerum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Index locorum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, German, French
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Classicists and scholars in literary studies working on letter-writing
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 243
Illustrations
- Line drawings: 4
- Tables: 9
Keywords: Greek prose; antiquity; pseudepigraphy; letter collections

eBook

Published: April 27, 2023
ISBN: 9783110983739

Hardcover

Published: April 27, 2023
ISBN: 9783110996241