Daphnis and Chloe (Classical Texts) Book

Although the novel is the dominant form of modern literature, the prose fiction of classical Greece has until recently been neglected by scholars. However, it is now becoming the object of renewed interest and sympathetic reappraisal. This edition of the best known of the Greek romances provides the first modern commentary in English on this intriguing work. It supplies the non-specialist reader with the basic information he needs fully to understand the story, and by explaining the many allusions to earlier literature helps him to locate it in a cultural context, particularly in relation to the tradition of pastoral poetry. The introduction and commentary also show how the deceptively simple tale of developing love in a rustic setting poses deeper questions about the relationship of Art to Nature. Daphnis and Chloe emerges as an original and important work of literature. Read More