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Letters from the country and the town : of fishermen, farmers, parasites, and courtesans

Title
Letters from the country and the town : of fishermen, farmers, parasites, and courtesans / translated by F.A. Wright, with an introduction and notes.
Author
Alciphron.
Publication
London : G. Routledge & Sons, Ltd. ; New York : E.P. Dutton & Co., 1923.

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Additional Authors
Wright, F. A. (Frederick Adam), 1869-1946
Description
4 preliminary leaves, 221 pages; 20 cm.
Summary
Alciphron, a Greek rhetorician, was probably a contemporary of Lucian (2nd century A.D.). He was the author of a collection of fictitious letters, of which 124 (118 complete and 6 fragments) have been published; they are written in the purest Attic dialect and are considered models of style. Alciphron probably wrote in imitation of Lucian, purporting to describe conditions in the 4th-3rd century B.C. He framed his work in the guise of letters from wastrels, rogues, sailors, gamblers, thieves, spurned wives, willful young girls, prostitutes, and parasites. The "courtesan" letters with their decadent eroticism are especially interesting.
Series Statement
Broadway translations
Uniform Title
Broadway translations.
Subject
  • Greek fiction > History and criticism
  • Romances
  • Roman grec > Histoire et critique
  • Roman courtois
  • romances (medieval narratives)
  • Greek fiction
  • Romances
  • Greek fiction > History and criticism
Genre/Form
  • Romances.
  • romances (medieval narratives)
  • Romances
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Romans courtois.
LCCN
24002275
OCLC
  • ocm03726480
  • 3726480
  • SCSB-2092764
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library