About this title: "Daphnis and Chloe", written c.200 AD, vividly describes the passion of two foundlings brought up by shepherds. Longus' story was praised by Goethe, parodied by Voltaire and imitated countless times by popular writers in every European language. Critics have long admired its subtle psychology, sensitive description of nature and carefully measured ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780803231375ISBN:0803231377
Description: Good. Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket is in good condition. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Fraying and scuffing on dust jacket edges. Book sturdy. - read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780803231375ISBN:0803231377
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8 vo; 1.5 Pouinds. 279 pages/index; dj in mylar; Review of the key interpretive problems of Longus's style, motifs, philosophic bent, and affiliations with other literary works. read more
Binding: orig. cloth
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln [Nebraska]
Date Published: (1990)
Description: Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. 22x14cm, xviii, 279 pp. Contents: The Problem of Interpretation; The Structure of 'Daphnis and Chloe': The Prologue; Book 1: Erotic 'Aporia'; Book 2: Learning the Name of Eros; Book 3: Learning the Works of Eros; Book 4: Man and Wife; The Dialectic of Myth and Rhetoric; Encountering the Tradition: The Ancient Greek Novel; The Novel and History; Longus's Prose Idyll; Longus the Sophist; Author and Date; Scholarly Interpretations of the Ancient Novel; Annotated ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-13:9780803231375ISBN:0803231377
Description: Very Good. 0803231377! Cover shows wear, text is in good shape, no apparent writing or highlighting. Expedited shipping available. read more
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