Leucippe and Clitophon

Tatius, Achilles; Whitmarsh, Tim

ISBN 10: 0199555478 / ISBN 13: 9780199555475

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2009

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Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon is the most bizarre and risqué of the five "Greek novels" of idealized love between boy and girl that survive from the time of the Roman empire. Stretching the capacity of the genre to its limits, Achilles' narrative covers adultery, violence, disembowelment, pederasty, virginity-testing, and a conveniently happy ending. Ingenious and sophisticated in conception, Leucippe and Clitophon is at once subtle, stylish, moving, brash, tasteless, and obscene. This new translation aims to capture Achilles' writing in all its exuberant variety.

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Titel: Leucippe and Clitophon
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Fair
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket