Apuleius' Metamorphoses : A Study in Roman Fiction
by
Stefan Tilg
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0198706839
ISBN-13
9780198706830
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 12th, 2014
Print length
204 Pages
Weight
380 grams
Dimensions
22.00 x 14.80 x 1.70 cms
Ksh 19,650.00
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This volume reveals how Apuleius' Metamorphoses - the only fully extant Roman novel and a classic of world literature - works as a piece of literature, exploring its poetics and the way in which questions of production and reception are reflected in its text.
This volume reveals how Apuleius'' Metamorphoses - the only fully extant Roman novel and a classic of world literature - works as a piece of literature, exploring its poetics and the way in which questions of production and reception are reflected in its text. Providing a roughly linear reading of key passages, the volume develops an original idea of Apuleius as an ambitious writer led by the literary tradition, rhetoric, and Platonism, and argues that he created what we could call a seriocomic ''philosophical novel'' avant la lettre. The author focuses, in particular, on the ways in which Apuleius drew attention to his achievement and introduced the Greek ass story to Roman literature. Thus, the volume also sheds new light on the forms and the literary and intellectual potential of the genre of the ancient novel.
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