Lusus iste: : Apuleius' Metamorphoses
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0761826726
ISBN-13
9780761826729
Publisher
University Press of America
Imprint
University Press of America
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 3rd, 2003
Print length
638 Pages
Weight
880 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.40 x 4.10 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
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This monograph, Lusus iste: Apuleius' Metamorphoses, continues the critical game in which Apuleuis invites us to be co-players. It presents further observations of a reader who finds delight in the verbal entertainment, lusus, which Apuleius provided, not simply in the story he tells but also in its complex design and verbal texture.
The Metamorphoses of Apuleius is a sophisticated literary creation, complex and often perplexing. It continues to elicit widely varying critical comment about both its substance and its style. The prologue to Metamorphoses ends with an exhortation and a promise Lector intende; laetaberis (pay attention, reader; you''ll be glad). This monograph, Lusus iste: Apuleius'' Metamorphoses, continues the critical game in which Apuleuis invites us to be co-players. It presents further observations of a reader who finds delight in the verbal entertainment, lusus, which Apuleius provides, not simply in the story he tells but also in its complex design and verbal texture.
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