Publication

2004-10-01 - Blackwell Publishing Limited

Language

English

Word Count

141,250 words, Guess

Page Count

565 pages

Identifiers

First Sentence

In the case of ancient romance, the usual difficulties of defining and discussing the literary genre are compounded by the fact that there is no word for it in either Greek or Latin in the classical period (in Byzantine Greek, interestingly, the word for prose fiction was drama).

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Other Editions

  • Companion to Romance: From Classical to Contemporary (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)Blackwell Publishing Limited2004-10-01

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