Stefan Tilg 
Apuleius’ Metamorphoses [PDF ebook] 
A Study in Roman Fiction

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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 hecreated 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 andintellectual potential of the genre of the ancient novel.
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9780191016813 ● Publisher OUP Oxford ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 3165258 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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