Apuleius' Metamorphoses

A Study in Roman Fiction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

AvStefan Tilg,Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies) Tilg, Stefan (Director, Director

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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. 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-06-12
Mått147 x 222 x 18 mm
Vikt382 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor204
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780198706830

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Stefan Tilg received his PhD in Classics in Innsbruck, Austria (2003). He was Assistant to the chair of Latin at the University of Bern (2003-2006). Various scholarships brought him to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, the Centre for Hellenic Studies in Washington D.C., and the Klassisch-Philologisches Seminar of the University of Zurich (2006-2010). Currently he is the Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Literature in Innsbruck and Privatdozent at the University of Zurich. His main research topics have been the ancient novel and Neo-Latin drama. He is the author of Chariton of Aphrodisias and the Invention of the Greek Love Novel (OUP 2010).

Preface ; Abbreviations ; Note to the Reader ; 1. The Model: Religious Metamorphoseis? ; 2. The Prologue: Loukios Goes to Rome ; 3. A Poetics in Tales: Milesian, Neoteric, Odyssean ; 4. A Philosophical Novel: Platonic Fiction ; 5. The Isis Book: Serious Entertainment ; 6. The Epilogue: Autobiography and Author's Biography ; 7. Is This the End? Closure and Playfulness in the Last Sentence ; 8. Summary ; References ; Index

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