Reading fiction with Lucian : fakes, freaks and hyperreality /

"This book offers a captivating new interpretation of Lucian as a fictional theorist and writer to stand alongside the novelists of the day, bringing to bear on his works a whole new set of reading strategies. It argues that the aesthetic and cultural issues Lucian faced, in a world of mimesis...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ni' Mheallaigh, Karen (συγγραφέας)
Μορφή: Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Σειρά:Greek culture in the roman world
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