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THE PETRONIAN SOCIETY NEWSLETTER Bibliography Editorial Board / Colofon 1 Greek and Latin Novels Bibliography 1 Bréchet, Christophe, Anne Videau, and Ruth Webb. Thé ories Nachleben 7 et pratiques de la fiction à l’é poque impé riale (Paris: Picard, 2013) 320 pp. The following essays are included in the collec- Notices 9 tion: Le vocabulaire de la fiction Obituaries 13 “La place de la fiction dans l’exégèse homérique, de Pla- ton à Eustathe de Thessalonique,” Christophe Bréchet. “Imiter, modeler, trouver, créer...: Métaphores et concep- Reviews, Articles, and Dissertations 15 tions de la fiction dans les Progymnasmata d’Aelius Théon,” Pierre Chiron. Vol.Reviews, 43, October Articles, 2016 and Dissertations Quelques pistes dans le champ lexical de la fiction en la- tin,” Lyliane Sznajder. Création, exégèse et pratiques scolaires Editor “Du mensonge à la fiction chez Homère et dans les scho- Edmund P. Cueva lies,” Suzanne Saïd. Arts and Humanities 1009S-E “Fiction, merveilleux et allégorie: Homère, Strabon, Vir- University of Houston-Downtown gile,” Jean-Christophe Jolivet. One Main Street “Argumentum et fiction dramatique dans le commentaire Houston, TX 77002, USA de Donat à Térence,” Bruno Bureau, Christian Nicolas. Tel. (713) 226-5543 “Fiction et paradoxe dans les Grandes déclamations du email: [email protected] pseudo-Quintilien,” Danielle Van Mal-Maeder. La fiction des poètes: idéologie et pensée du monde Book Review Editor “Fiction de témoins et témoins de fiction: Achéménide et Shannon N. Byrne les Troyens (Virgile, Énéide, III, 554–691),” Gilles Tron- Classics Department, Xavier University chet. 3800 Victory Parkway “La fiction dans les Métamorphoses d’Ovide: Philosophie Cincinnati, OH 45207–5181, USA de la nature, art et pensée du langage,” Anne Videau. Tel. (513) 745–3456, Fax (513) 745–1955 Espaces et jeux de fiction email: [email protected] “Euhemerus, the Sacred inscription, and Philosophical Fiction,” Tim Whitmarsh. Editor Emeritus (1970-2005) “Du commentaire à la pratique fictionnelle: L’exemple de Gareth Schmeling Ptolémée Chennos,” Charles Delattre. Dept of Classics, University of Florida “Hérodote parodié, espace manipulé: Comment bâtir une Gainesville, Florida 32611–7435, USA fiction crédible dans l’épisode de Philémon et Baucis Tel. (352) 392–2075, Fax (352) 846–0297 (Ovide, Métamorphoses, VIII, 573–728),” Hélène Tur- email: [email protected] quety. Fiction et réflexivité Associate editors “The Erotics of Reading Fiction: Text and Body in Helio- Raymond Astbury, Barry Baldwin, Ewen Bowie, dorus,” John R. Morgan. Gian Biagio Conte, Niklas Holzberg, Gerald Sandy “Fictional Worlds and the Power of Myth in the Ancient Novel: The Case of Heliodorus’ Aethiopica,” Froma I. Zeitlin. Petronian Sociey Newsletter 43, October 2016 2 “La fiction chez Philostrate, des Images à la Vie d’Apollo- 18 “From the Epic to the Novelistic Hero: Some Patterns of a nios de Tyane, et retour: Immersion, expérience, modéli- Metamorphosis,” Luca Graverini. sation, intermittences,” Michel Briand. 19 “Roman Elegy and the Roman Novel,” Judith P. Hallett Réceptions and Judith Hindermann. “Déclamation et fiction historique,” Étienne Wolff. 20 “Apuleius’ Metamorphoses: A Hybrid Text?” Paula “Hiéroclès et Eusèbe de Césarée lecteurs d’Apollonius de James. Tyane, ou l’échec d’un pacte fictionnel,” Kristoffel De- 21 “The Magnetic Stone of Love: Greek Novel and Poetry,” moen. Françoise Létoublon. “La théorie comme fiction,” Sophie Rabau. 22 “‘Respect these Breasts and Pity Me’: Greek Novel and Theater,” Françoise Létoublon and Marco Genre. Brioso Sanchez, Maximo. “Cuestiones metodologicas en torno 23 “Poems in Petronius’ Satyrica,” Aldo Setaioli. a la interpretacion de las novelas antiguas como Mysterientexte 24 “Various Asses,” Niall W. Slater. (I) [Methodological Issues on the Interpretation of Ancient No- 25 “Greek Novel and Greek Archaic Literature,” Giuseppe vels as Mysterientexte” (I)],” Habis 45 (2014) 167–186. Zanetto. 26 “Ekphrasis in the Ancient Novel,” Angela Holzmeister. Cueva, Edmund P., and Shannon N. Byrne. A Companion to Part IV Themes and Topics the Ancient Novel (Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA: 27 “Miscellanea Petroniana: A Petronian Enthusiast’s Wiley Blackwell, 2014) xiii + 612 pp. The following essays are Thoughts and Reviews,” Barry Baldwin. included in the collection: 28 “Love, Myth, and Ritual: The Mythic Dimension and Ad- Part I Novels and Authors olescence in Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe,” Anton Bierl. a. Greek 29 “Gender in the Ancient Novel,” Ellen D. Finkelpearl. 1 “Chariton: Individuality and Stereotype,” Graham Ander- 30 “Education as Construction of Gender Roles in the Greek son. Novels,” Sophie Lalanne. 2 “Daphnis and Chloe: Innocence and Experience, Arche- 31 “Greek Love in the Greek Novel,” John F. Makowski. types and Art,” Jean Alvares. 32 “Latin Culture in the Second Century AD,” Claudio Mo- 3 “Xenophon, The Ephesian Tales,” James N. O’Sullivan. reschini. 4 “Achilles Tatius, Sophistic Master of Novelistic Conven- 33 “Mimet(h)ic Paideia in Lucian’s True History,” Peter von tions,” Kathryn S. Chew. Möllendorff. 5 “Heliodorus, The Ethiopian Story,” Marília P. Futre Pin- 34 “Reimagining Community in Christian Fictions,” Judith heiro. Perkins. b. Roman 35 “The Poetics of Old Wives’ Tales, or Apuleius and the 6 “Petronius, Satyrica,” Heinz Hofmann. Philosophical Novel,” Stefan Tilg. 7 “Apuleius’ The Golden Ass: The Nature of the Beast,” 36 “Achilles Tatius and Heliodorus: Between Aristotle and Paula James. Hitchcock,” Martin M. Winkler. 8 “Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri,” Giovanni Garbugino. 37 “Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe: Literary Transmission and c. Related Reception,” Maria Pia Pattoni. 9 “The Other Greek Novels,” Susan Stephens. 10 “Hell-bent, Heaven-sent: From Skyman to Pumpkin,” Elmer, David F. “The Epic Cycle and the Ancient Novel,” in Barry Baldwin. The Greek Epic Cycle and its Ancient Reception: A Compan- 11 “The Novel and Christian Narrative,” David Konstan and ion, eds. Marco Fantuzzi and Christos Tsagalis (Cambridge: Ilaria Ramelli. Cambridge University Press, 2015, xiii + 678 pp.) 596–603. Part II Genre and Approaches 12 “The Genre of the Novel: A Theoretical Approach,” Ma- Futre, Pinheiro M, Gareth L. Schmeling, and Edmund P. rília P. Futre Pinheiro. Cueva. The Ancient Novel and the Frontiers of Genre (Eelde: 13 “The Management of Dialogue in Ancient Fiction,” Gra- Barkhuis; Groningen: Groningen University Library, 2014) xii ham Anderson. + 233 pp. The following essays are included in the collection: 14 “Characterization in the Ancient Novel,” Koen De A Utopia and Paradoxography Temmerman. “Lucian’s Philosophical Island,” Diskin Clay. 15 “Liaisons Dangereuses: Epistolary Novels in Antiquity,” “The Genre Understanding of the Utopian Novel,” Hein- Timo Glaser. rich Kuch. 16 “The Life of Aesop (rec.G): The Composition of the Text,” “Homeric Parody, the Isle of the Blessed, and the Nature Consuelo Ruiz-Montero. of Paideia in Lucian’s Verae Historiae,” Benjamin Haller. Part III Influences and Intertextuality “Lucian’s True Stories: Paradoxography and False Dis- 17 “Reception of Strangers in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses: The course,” Valentina Popescu. Examples of Hypata and Cenchreae,” Stavros Frangou- B Fluid Texts lidis. Petronian Sociey Newsletter 43, October 2016 3 “The Adventures of Six Men in a Boat: the Astral Deter- Library, 2015) xii + 211 pp. The following essays are included minants of a Maritime Narrative in the Anthologies of in the collection: Vettius Valens,” Roger Beck. “Introduction,” Gareth Schmeling. “Facts or Fiction? The Fruitful Relationship between An- “Kalasiris, Apollonios of Tyana, and the Lies of Teire- cient Novel and Literary Miscellany,” Hendrik Müller- sias,” Ken Dowden. Reineke. “The Small World of the Holy Man: a Small Beginning in “Isis-Epiphany in the Life of Aesop: A Structural Analytic the Satyrica,” Gareth Schmeling. Approach,” Grammatiki A. Karla. “Encolpius and the Charlatans,” Ian Repath. C Crossed Genres “A Land without Priests?: Religious Authority in Longus, “Medicine and the Novel: Apuleius’ Bonding with the Ed- Daphnis and Chloe,” Ewen Bowie. ucated Reader,” Regine May. “Fickle Coloured Religion: Charlatans and Exegetes in “Pirates in the Library,” Nicolas Boulic and Françoise Apuleius’ Metamorphoses,” Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser. Létoublon. “Lucian’s Peregrinus as Holy Man and Charlatan and the “Liminal Games: Fluidity of the Sphragis of a Novelist,” Construction of the Contrast between Holy Men and Char- Loreto Núñez. latans in the Acts of Mari,” Ilaria L.E. Ramelli. D Hybrid Forms “Holy Man or Charlatan?: the Case of Kalasiris in Helio- “Tombs and Stables, Roofs and Brothels, Dens and Raids dorus’ Aithiopika,” Alain Billault. in Lollianos’ Fragments,” Angelo Casanova. “Apollonius of Tyana as Proteus: theios anē r or Master of “Erotic Fiction and Christian Sexual Ethics in Nonnus’ Deceit?,” Michael Paschalis. Episode of Morrheus and Chalcomede,” Fotini Hadjittofi. “The Life of Aesop and the Gospels: Literary Motifs and “Hagiographic Romance: Novelistic Narrative Strategy in Narrative Mechanism,” Mario Andreassi. Jerome’s Lives of Hermits,” Jirí Šubrt. “The Monk’s Story: the Narrationes of pseudo-Neilos of Ankyra,” John Morgan. Futre, Pinheiro M, and Silvia Montiglio. Philosophy and the Ancient Novel (Eelde, The Netherlands: Barkhuis Publishing; Smith, Steven D. “From Drama to Narrative: The Reception of Groningen: Groningen University Library, 2015) xiii + 179 pp. Comedy in the Ancient Novel,” in Ancient Comedy and Recep-
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    http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8028x7j No online items Sir Richard Francis Burton Papers: Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Gayle M. Richardson. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2009 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. Sir Richard Francis Burton mssRFB 1-1386 1 Papers: Finding Aid Overview of the Collection Title: Sir Richard Francis Burton Papers Dates (inclusive): 1846-2003 Bulk dates: 1846-1939 Collection Number: mssRFB 1-1386 Creator: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. Extent: 1,461 pieces. 58 boxes. Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: This collection contains personal, official, business, and social correspondence and manuscripts of British explorer and writer Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) and his wife, Lady Isabel Burton (1831-1896), chiefly covering the period of Burton's consulship in Trieste and Lady Burton's life after her husband's death. Language: English. Significant languages represented other than English: French, Spanish, Italian, German, Arabic, Portuguese. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
  • Draft Programme the Information in This Programme Is Correct As of 19Th February

    Draft Programme the Information in This Programme Is Correct As of 19Th February

    The Trollope Society Visit to Florence 1st - 5th April 2020 Draft Programme The information in this programme is correct as of 19th February. For the latest version of the programme visit www.trollopesociety.org/event/trip-florence/ Wednesday 1st April From 5pm Registration and pick up pack Reception, Hotel Ricasoli, Via Delle Mantellate 2, Firenze 6pm – 8pm Welcome to Florence by Dominic Hotel Ricasoli, Via Delle Edwardes, Chair of the Trollope Mantellate 2, Firenze Society Drinks Reception with canapes to include the launch of newly reprinted Fanny Trollope’s The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw (1836) Thursday 2nd April 10am to 1pm Walking tour of City Centre Meet at the carousel in Piazza della Repubblica, 50123 Firenze 3pm-4pm Talk by Mark Roberts, Consultant to Acton Room, Harold Acton the British Institute on Some 19th- Library, Century Literary Visitors to Florence British Institute, Lungarno Guicciardini, 9, 50125 Firenze See More Information 4.30pm – 6.30pm Visit to the British Institute with The Ferragamo Room, Harold afternoon tea and cake Acton Library, British Institute, Lungarno Guicciardini, 9, 50125 Firenze Friday 3rd April 9.30am Walk to Trollope Villa Trollope Villa, 21 Piazza della Indipendenza 10.15am to 12 Talk by Dominic Edwardes on The noon Life of Fanny Trollope. Talk by Julia Bolton Holloway, Hotel Ricasoli, Via Delle librarian, archivist and custodian of Mantellate 2, Firenze the English Cemetery, on Frances Trollope’s political and social activism The Trollope Society Visit to Florence 2020 – Draft Programme 23rd February 2.00pm Walk to English Cemetery OR English Cemetery, Piazzale 2.30pm Meet at English Cemetery Donatello, 38, 50132 Firenze Followed by refreshments at nearby café 7.00pm Dinner at Gran Caffè San Marco Gran Caffè San Marco, Piazza San Marco, 11/R, 50121 Firenze Included for those who have pre- booked and pre-paid Saturday 4th April 10am - 12 noon Free time or optional visit to the The Stibbert Museum, Via Stibbert Museum.