{"product_id":"fantasy-in-greek-and-roman-literature-paperback","title":"Fantasy in Greek and Roman Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGraham Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFantasy in Greek and Roman Literature\u003c\/em\u003e offers an overview of Greek and Roman excursions into fantasy, including imaginary voyages, dream-worlds, talking animals and similar impossibilities. This is a territory seldom explored and extends to rarely read texts such as the\u003cem\u003e Aesop Romance\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Battle of the Frogs and the Mice\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Pumpkinification of the Emperor Claudius.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing this diverse material together for the first time, Anderson widens readers' perspectives on the realm of fantasy in ancient literature, including topics such as dialogues with the dead, Utopian communities and fantastic feasts. Going beyond the more familiar world of myth, his examples range from \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Ass \u003c\/em\u003eto the Late Antique \u003cem\u003eTestament of a Pig.\u003c\/em\u003e The volume also explores ancient resistance to the world of make-believe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFantasy in Greek and Roman Literature is an invaluable resource not only for students of classical and comparative literature, but also for modern writers on fantasy who want to explore the genre's origins in antiquity, both in the more obvious and in lesser-known texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGraham Anderson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Kent, UK. He has written extensively on ancient fiction and fantasy, including \u003cem\u003eFairytale in the Ancient World \u003c\/em\u003e(Routledge, 2000) and \u003cem\u003eGreek and Roman Folklore \u003c\/em\u003e(2006). He has just completed an anthology of ancient fairy tales for Routledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52629954494771,"sku":"9781032091877","price":107.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dGc0a2hsNmJKN1hkWFBlWXMxdExtdz09.webp?v=1762142283","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/fantasy-in-greek-and-roman-literature-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}