The early modern transmission of the ancient Greek romances : a bibliographic survey

This contribution offers a new, critical bibliography of translations and editions of the five extant Greek romances in the early modern era, from the beginning of printing to the eighteenth century. By consulting catalogues of libraries, digitalised copies, and secondary literature, I expand, update and correct earlier bibliographies. I identify alleged editions and include creative treatments of the texts as well as incomplete versions. As an interpretation of my survey, I give an overview of broad, changing tendencies throughout the era and filter the dispersion over Europe in a wider area and period than was available so far, in order to get a more complete picture of their distribution. Furthermore, I point to some peculiar (tendencies in) combinations, among the lemmata themselves, as well as with other stories

Schijndood in de romans van Henry Fielding : de 18e-eeuwse nawerking van een motief uit de antieke romans

The eighteenth-century novels of Henry Fielding show striking resemblances with the ancient romances. This article focuses on one such similarity: the motif of apparant death. it explores instances where not only the motif itself but also a number of narrative details (plot lines, situations, results and/or goals) recall passages from specific Greek romances. Fielding's use of ancient fiction is contextualized by comparison/contrast with his famous rival Samuel Richardson, who uses the motif in a significantly different way. Fielding uses the motif to direct the plot or create a certain atmosphere of a scene. He adapts it to his own style and his theme of the human passions