Inventing the Novel tablix their conviction that democratic reform

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EAN: 9781435440807

EAN: 9780736224970

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Author(s): Jeremy Duff

Inventing the Novel tablix their conviction that democratic reformInventing the Novel uses the work of the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin (1895 1975) to explore the ancient origins of the modern novel. The analysis focuses on one of the most elusive works of classical antiquity, the Satyrica, written by Nero's courtier, Petronius Arbiter (whose singular suicide, described by Tacitus, is as famous as his novel). Petronius was the most lauded ancient novelist of the twentieth century and the Satyrica served as