TY  - GEN
T1  - Sexual Symmetry : Love in the Ancient Novel and Related Genres.
T2  - Princeton legacy library.
A1  - Konstan, David
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2014
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn884012993
AB  - ""In the Greek romances, "" writes David Konstan, ""sighs, tears, and suicide attempts are as characteristic of the male as of the female in distress; ruses, disguises, and outright violence in defense of one's chastity are as much the part of the female as of the male."" Exploring how erotic love is represented in ancient amatory literature, Konstan points to the symmetry in the passion of the hero and heroine as a unique feature of the Greek novel: they fall mutually in love, they are of approximately the same age and social class, and their reciprocal attachment ends in marriage. He shows.
OP  - 285
NO  - Cover; Contents.
CN  - PA3040
SN  - 9781400863518
SN  - 1400863511
KW  - Classical fiction : History and criticism.
KW  - Romance fiction, Greek : History and criticism.
KW  - Romance fiction, Latin : History and criticism.
KW  - Literary form : History : To 1500.
KW  - Fiction : Classical influences.
KW  - Sex in literature.
KW  - Roman ancien : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Roman : Influence ancienne.
KW  - Sexualité dans la littérature.
KW  - HISTORY : Ancient : General.
KW  - Classical fiction
KW  - Fiction : Classical influences
KW  - Literary form
KW  - Romance fiction, Greek
KW  - Romance fiction, Latin
KW  - Sex in literature
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - History
ER  -