Lucian's Science Fiction Novel True Histories: Interpretation and Commentary (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)

Lucian's Science Fiction Novel True Histories: Interpretation and Commentary (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)

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This is the first substantial commentary on Lucian's Verae Historiae ("True Histories"), a fantastic journey narrative considered the earliest surviving example of Science Fiction in the Western tradition. The Introduction situates the work in the context of Lucian's oeuvre, especially his preoccupation with distinguishing truth from fiction and exposing the lies of philosophers. In their commentary, the editors trace the sources and the meaning of the numerous intertextual allusions and parodies of philosophers, poets, historians and paradoxographers. The Verae Historiae emerges from this scrutiny as a remarkably complex text with some very "modern" concerns: it problematizes the act of reading, allegorical interpretation, authorial reliability, and the validity of cultural norms and literary genres.

Lucian's Science Fiction Novel True Histories: Interpretation and Commentary (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum),Aristoula Georgiadou,David H. J. Larmour,Brill Academic Publishers,9004106677,Ancient and Classical,General,Greek fiction,History and criticism,Interior Design - General,Latin Literature,Literary Criticism,Lucian,,Poetry,Science fiction,Truthfulness and falsehood in,Truthfulness and falsehood in literature,Vera historia,of Samosata,Ancient (Classical) Greek,Literary studies: classical, early & medieval

Book Contents:

1. Magic and Divination in Ancient Palestine and Syria (Studies in the History of the Ancient Near East, V. 8)
2. Marsilius of Inghen: Divine Knowledge in Late Medieval Thought (Studies in the History of Christian Thought, Vol 50)
3. Medieval Latin Texts on the Eternity of the World (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
4. Mother Goose Stickers and Seals : 40 Full-Color Pressure-Sensitive Designs (Stickers)
5. Nag Hammadi Codex I - The Jung Codex: Introductions, Texts, Translations, Indices - The Coptic Gnostic Library - 1985 (Nag Hammadi Studies , No 22/1)
6. Neokoroi: Greek Cities and Roman Emperors (Cincinnati Classical Studies New Series)
7. New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought (Studies in the History of Religions, 72.)
8. Norms and the State in China (Sinica Leidensia, Vol 28)
9. Olbia: Eine Altgriechische Stadt Im Nordwestlichen Schwarzmeerraum (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)
10. Paratext and Megatext As Channels of Jewish and Christian Traditions: The Textual Markers of Contextualization (Jewish and Christian Perspectives Series)

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