Fantasy in Greek and Roman Literature. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Graham Anderson.
• Authors: Anderson, Graham
• Contents: Preface List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction Part One: Themes of Fantasy 2 Otherworldly Conversations in Antiquity 3 Talking Animals, Monstrous Creatures 4 Fantastic Voyages, Other Communities 5 Dreams, Apparitions, Horror 6 Some Fantastic Aspects of Myth 7 The Ultimate Myth: Metamorphosis 8 Bizarre Banquets, Topsy-Turvy Tables 9 Planting the Phallus: Sexual Fantasy Part Two: Divergent Imaginations 10 Verse Fantasy into Prose 11 Inventing the Past in Homer and Philostratus Part Three: Fantastic Texts 12 Old Comedy and Lucian 13 Getting into Heaven: Icaromenippus and Apocolocyntosis 14 The Summation of Fantasy: Lucian’s True Histories Part Four: Consumers of Fantasy 15 Narrators and Audiences for Fantasy 16 Some Approaches, Ancient and Modern 17 Conclusions Appendix: Some Fantastic Nonsense Bibliography Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (222 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429639173; 0429639171
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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