The Roman Novel

This study defines the genre of the comic romance, the literature of relaxation in the ancient world, and sets it in the context of other forms of fiction of th... » 

This study defines the genre of the comic romance, the literature of relaxation in the ancient world, and sets it in the context of other forms of fiction of the period. Critical studies of The Satyricon of Petronius and the Metamorphoses (or The Golden Ass) of Apuleius are included. «