TY - BOOK AU - Berg,Baukje van den AU - Bakker,Mathieu P.de AU - Klooster,Jacqueline TI - Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond: Studies in Honour of Irene de Jong T2 - Mnemosyne, Supplements SN - 9789004506053 AV - PA3015.E46 U1 - 880.9/353 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Narration (Rhetoric) KW - Emotions in literature KW - Classical literature KW - History and criticism N1 - Taking its cue from Irene de Jong’s groundbreaking narratological analyses of classical texts, this volume studies emotions in a wide range of ancient genres, focusing on emotions as they are described within narratives and on ways in which narratives trigger the emotions of their readers; Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter --; Introduction The Narratology of Emotions in Ancient Literature; Mathieu de Bakker, Baukje van den Berg, and Jacqueline Klooster --; Part 1 Archaic Epic --; Part 2 Archaic Epic and Beyond --; Part 3 Early Lyric, Tragedy, and Biblical Poetry --; Part 4 Greek Prose of the Classical Period --; Part 5 Hellenistic Literature --; Part 6 Latin Literature --; Part 7 Greek Prose of the Imperial Period --; Part 8 Late Antiquity and Beyond --; Back Matter N2 - Emotions are at the core of much ancient literature, from Achilles’ heartfelt anger in Homer’s Iliad to the pangs of love of Virgil’s Dido. This volume applies a narratological approach to emotions in a wide range of texts and genres. It seeks to analyze ways in which emotions such as anger, fear, pity, joy, love and sadness are portrayed. Furthermore, using recent insights from affective narratology, it studies ways in which ancient narratives evoke emotions in their readers. The volume is dedicated to Irene de Jong for her groundbreaking research into the narratology of ancient literature UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004506053 ER -