Lucian's Science Fiction Novel True Histories: Interpretation and Commentary(English, Leather / fine binding, Georgiadou)

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Lucian's Science Fiction Novel True Histories: Interpretation and Commentary(English, Leather / fine binding, Georgiadou) is written by Georgiadou and published by Brill. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004106677 (ISBN 10) and 9789004106673 (ISBN 13).

This is the first substantial commentary on Lucian's Verae Historiae ("True Histories"), a fantastic journey narrative considered the earliest surviving example of Science Fiction in the Western tradition. The Introduction situates the work in the context of Lucian's oeuvre, especially his preoccupation with distinguishing truth from fiction and exposing the lies of philosophers. In their commentary, the editors trace the sources and the meaning of the numerous intertextual allusions and parodies of philosophers, poets, historians and paradoxographers. The Verae Historiae emerges from this scrutiny as a remarkably complex text with some very "modern" concerns: it problematizes the act of reading, allegorical interpretation, authorial reliability, and the validity of cultural norms and literary genres.