"The study of the reception of the ancient novel and of its literary and cultural heritage is one of the most appealing issues in the story of this literary gen

"The study of the reception of the ancient novel and of its literary and cultural heritage is one of the most appealing issues in the story of this literary gen

The Fifth International Conference on the Ancient Novel, which was held in Houston, Texas, in the fall of 2015, brought together scholars and students of the an

"The Melting Pot," "The Land of The Free," "The Land of Opportunity." These tropes or nicknames apparently reflect the freedom and open-armed welcome that the U

Inventing the Novel uses the work of the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) to explore the ancient origins of the modern novel. The analysis focuse