Commentary on the Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri /
The story of Apollonius King of Tyre has rightly been called the most popular romance of the Middle Ages. From Iceland to Greece, from Spain to Russia, versions of this novel are recorded. It is the variation among the Latin versions and the numerous vernacular adaptations that make this story espec...
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English
Greek
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Boston :
Brill,
2007.
Series:
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;
284
Mnemosyne, Supplements
284.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.
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Call Number: PA6206.A6 K58 2007
| Summary: | The story of Apollonius King of Tyre has rightly been called the most popular romance of the Middle Ages. From Iceland to Greece, from Spain to Russia, versions of this novel are recorded. It is the variation among the Latin versions and the numerous vernacular adaptations that make this story especially interesting. Shakespeare used and adapted it in his Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Its plot continues to fascinate us. Incest, deception, pirates, famine, sex and shipwreck form its tasty ingredients. Its links with the Greek novel, which today stands in the centre of scholarly interest, are striking. In this commentary the author even attempts to show that the novel originated in Greece, or more precisely Asia Minor, possibly inTarsus. The two recensions (RA and RB) are compared line by line, generally given preference to RA. All these aspects make the present book attractive to scholars of many different disciplines. |
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| Item Description: | "..This commentary [is] a necessary supplement to the text published in 2004..."--Foreword. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [909]-935). |
| ISBN: | 9789047411802 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |