Editor's preface / Roderick Beaton

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Beaton, Roderick (Συγγραφέας)

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p. vii-x

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Note on transliteration

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p. xi

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The inadequate tradition : prose narrative during the first half of the nineteenth century / Mario Vitti

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Vitti, Mario, 1926-2023 (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 3-10

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Reality and imagination : the use of history in the short stories of Yeoryios Viziinos / Michalis Chryssanthopoulos

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Χρυσανθόπουλος, Μιχάλης, 1952- (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 11-22

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Alexandros Papadiamantis and Thomas Hardy / David Ricks

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Ricks, David (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 23-30

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Nature and point of view in A. Karkavitsas' The beggar / William F. Wyatt, Jr

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Wyatt, William F., 1932- (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 31-41

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The tongue and the pen : a reading of Karkavitsas' O archeologos / Jina Politi

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Πολίτη, Τζίνα, 1930-2023 (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 42-53

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Seferis' Six nights on the acropolis : the diary as novel / Nasos Vayenas

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Βαγενάς, Νάσος Αχ., 1945- (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 54-62

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The library of Mirivilis / Elizabeth Craik

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Craik, Elizabeth F. (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 63-69

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George Theotokas and the art of fiction / Dimitris Tziovas

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Τζιόβας, Δημήτρης (Συγγραφέας)

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p.70-80

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Kazantzakis' attitude towards prose fiction / Peter Bien

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Bien, Peter (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 81-89

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Testimony and fiction in greek narrative prose 1944-1967 / Peter Mackridge

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Mackridge, Peter A., 1946- (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 90-102

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The novel of adolescence written by a woman : Margarita Limberaki / Georgia Farinou-Malamatari

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Φαρίνου-Μαλαματάρη, Γεωργία, 1952- (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 103-109

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The novels of Maro Douka / Eleni Yannakaki

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Yannakaki, Eleni (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 110-119

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Byzantine writers and readers : storytelling in the eleventh century / Charlotte Roueche

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Roueche, Charlotte, 1946- (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 123-133

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The greek novel in the middle ages / Roderick Beaton

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Beaton, Roderick (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 134-143

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Erotokritos and greek tradition / David Holton

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Holton, David (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 144-155

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Translations of Eastern "novels" and their influence on late byzantine and modern greek fiction (11th-18th centuries) / George Kehayioglou

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Κεχαγιόγλου, Γιώργος, 1947- (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 156-166

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The beginnings of the historical novel / Tomas Hagg

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Hagg, Tomas (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 169-181

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Lovers' fate : narrator's providence in Chaereas and Callirhoe / Stamatis Philippides

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Φιλιππίδης, Σταμάτης Ν. (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 182-189

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Achilles Tatius : a new interpretation / Graham Anderson

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Anderson, Graham (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 190-193

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Baskanos eros : love and the evil-eye in Heliodorus' Aethiopica / Yoryis Yatromanolakis

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Γιατρομανωλάκης, Γιώργης Ν., 1940- (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 194-204

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The form of ancient greek romance / Bryan Reardon

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Reardon, B. P. (Bryan P.) (Συγγραφέας)

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p. 205-216

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List of contributors

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p. 217-221

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Index

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p. 222-229

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