Beschreibung:
This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature ofthe Hellenistic period.* A guide to the literature of the Hellenistic age, from thedeath of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE to the Battle of Actium in31 BC* Provides overviews of the social, political, intellectual andliterary historical contexts in which Hellenistic literature wasproduced* Introduces the major writers and genres of the period* Provides information about style, meter and languages to aidreaders with no prior knowledge of the language in understandingtechnical aspects of literary Greek* Distinctive in its coverage of current issues in Hellenisticcriticism, including audience reception, the political and socialbackground, and Hellenistic theories of literature