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Lucian on Reading, Performing, and the Difference: Living Life as Fiction

Stephen E. Kidd

Lucian's writings raise questions about the nature of reading and viewing the lives of others; this book explores these questions through close readings of Lucian's best-known dialogues and stories such as Hermotimus, Charon, Icaromenippus, Nigrinus, Rooster, and True Stories.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: Feb 25th, 2025
  • Pages: 196
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.21in - 6.14in - 0.50in - 1.03lb
  • EAN: 9781032936499
  • Categories: Ancient and ClassicalDramaHumor

About the Author

Stephen E. Kidd is Associate Professor of Classics at Brown University (U.S.A), where he specializes in ancient Greek literature of the classical and imperial periods. He is the author of Nonsense and Meaning in Ancient Greek Comedy (2014) and Play and Aesthetics in Ancient Greece (2019).