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Ancient epistolary fiction is a still largely under-explored field
of research, at the intersection of studies on epistolography and
on pseudepigraphy. The present volume sketches out a broad panorama
of ancient fiction in letters. It covers a large period of time up
to late Antiquity, with a main focus on letters from the imperial
era. Epistolary fiction is examined as a mainly Greek phenomenon
(there are few Latin equivalents) that was characteristic of both
pagan and Christian literature. The material investigated falls
within two categories: fictional letter collections from well-known
authors of the Second Sophistic and their successors (Lucian,
Alciphron, Philostratus, Aristaenetus); letters attributed to
famous historical or legendary characters (pseudonymous letters).
Focusing on the specific features of epistolary fiction, the book
aims to analyse its forms, its functions as well as its effects. It
gathers a series of 11 state-of-the art essays, all tackling the
same important issues: the manuscript and printed tradition, the
form of epistolary fictions and the universe they build, the
arrangement of the letters and their overall structure, the
relation between the author and his external readers.
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