This volume addresses the important literary phenomenon of -generic enrichment- in Plutarch-s Parallel Lives, examining the ways in which features of other genres are deployed and incorporated in Plutarch-s biographies and the effects of this on the texts themselves and readers- responses to them.
-Generic enrichment-, a term coined by Stephen Harrison with reference to Latin poetry, is used here to refer to the different ways in which a text of one genre might incorporate or evoke features of other genres. The fact that particular Plutarchan biographies may contain not only allusions to specific texts from a variety of genres, but also features such as vocabulary, phraseology, and plot-forms which evoke other genres, has been noticed sporadically by scholars. However, this is the first volume to discuss this feature as a distinct phenomenon across the corpus of Parallel Lives and to attempt an assessment of its effect. Chapters cover the interaction of Plutarcha
