This special issue of Ancient Narrative Supplementum 1, entitled ‘Space in the Ancient Novel', brings together a collection of revised papers, originally presented at the International conference under the same title organized by the Department of Philology (Division of Classics) of the University of Crete and held in Rethymnon, on May 14-15, 2001. This conference inaugurated what is hoped to become a new series of biennial International meetings on the Ancient Novel (RICAN, Rethymnon International Conferences on the Ancient Novel) which aspires to continue the reputable tradition of the Groningen Colloquia on the Novel, established by Heinz Hofmann and Maaike Zimmerman. Ancient Narrative Supplementum 1 includes two additional contributions by Catherine Connors and Judith Perkins, both originally presented in ICAN 2000 at Groningen in July 25-30, 2000 and included here in revised form, and an article by Stelios Panayotakis, which closely relates to the theme of the Rethymnon conference.
Contents
Preface. DAVID KONSTAN, Narrative Spaces. CATHERINE CONNORS, Chariton's Syracuse and its histories of empire. MARTIN M. WINKLER, Chronotope and locus amoenus in Daphnis and Chloe and Pleasantville. STEPHEN J. HARRISON, Literary Topography in Apuleius' Metamorphoses. LUCA GRAVERINI, Corinth, Rome, and Africa: a Cultural Background for the Tale of the Ass. MAAIKE ZIMMERMAN, On the Road in Apuleius' Metamorphoses. STELIOS PANAYOTAKIS, The Temple and the Brothel: Mothers and Daughters in Apollonius of Tyre. JUDITH PERKINS, Social Geography in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. MICHAEL PASCHALIS, Reading Space: A Re-examination of Apuleian ekphrasis. RICHARD P. MARTIN, A Good Place to Talk: Discourse and Topos in Achilles Tatius and Philostratus. NIALL W. SLATER, Space and Displacement in Apuleius. STAVROS FRANGOULIDIS, The Laughter Festival as a Community Integration Rite in Apuleius' Metamorphoses. Indices.
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Reviews
"Space in the Ancient Novel is a promising inauguration to the series of supplementa published by the journal Ancient Narrative." Steven D. Smith, International Journal of the Classical Tradition (Winter 2006), 421-438
Other reviews
- Das Altertum 51 (2006), 2-3, pp. 219-220
- S. Mourato Alves, Euphrosyne 34 (2006), 431-432
- R. May, JRS (2006), 279-280
- C. Salles, Latomus 64.3 (2005), 808-809
- D. Donnet, L'Antiquité Classique 73 (2004), 364-366
- J. Martos, BMCR 2003.10.01
- J. Hilton, Scholia Reviews 12 (2003),24-27
