A Companion to the Ancient Novel

<p>This companion addresses a topic of continuing contemporary relevance, both cultural and literary.</p> <ul> <li>Offers both a wide-ranging exploration of the classical novel of antiquity and a wealth of close literary analysis</li> <li>Brings together the most up-to-date international scholarship on the ancient novel, including fresh new academic voices</li> <li>Includes focused chapters on individual classical authors, such as Petronius, Xenophon and Apuleius, as well as a wide-ranging thematic analysis</li> <li>Addresses perplexing questions concerning authorial expression and readership of the ancient novel form</li> <li>Provides an accomplished introduction to a genre with a rising profile</li> </ul>