A Companion to the Prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses

A Companion to the Prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses

ISBN-10:
0198152388
ISBN-13:
9780198152385
Pub. Date:
02/21/2002
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0198152388
ISBN-13:
9780198152385
Pub. Date:
02/21/2002
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
A Companion to the Prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses

A Companion to the Prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses

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Overview

The Prologue of Apuleius' innovative novel, the Metamorphoses (or Golden Ass), has captivated readers and scholars from the Renaissance to the present day. This volume contains a new text and translation of the Prologue and a wide range of essays which highlight its importance for students of Classical literature and modern literary theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198152385
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 02/21/2002
Pages: 342
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.94(d)

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Princeton University

Table of Contents

Introduction1. The Prologue to Appuleius' Metamorphoses: Text, Translation, and Textual Commentary, S. J. Harrison (with M. Winterbottom)2. Cola and Clausulae in to Apuleius' Metamorphoses 1.1, R. G. M. Nisbet3. Some Linguistic Points in the Prologue, J. Powell4. Apuleius' Prologue and the Anxieties of Philosophers, M. Trapp5. Reflections of the African Character of Apuleius, M. Edwards6. The Hiding Author: Context and Implication, S. Swain7. Argutia Nilotici Calami: A Theocritean Reed, B. Gibson8. Apuleius and Persius, E. Gowers9. Apuleius and Luke: Prologue and Epilogue in Conversion Contexts, W. Smith10. Prologue and Provenance: Quis Ille? or Unde Ille?, K. Clarke11. Why Isthmos Ephyrea?, D. Innes12. Prologic, Predecessors and Prohibitions, K. Dowden13. Fiction and History in Apuleius' Milesian Prologue, A. Bitel14. The Prologues of the Greek Novels and Apuleius, J. Morgan15. Quis Ille?: The Role of the Prologue in Apuleius Metamorphoses., R. Carver16. Losing the Author's Voice: Cultural and Personal Identities in the Metamorphoses., Yun Lee Too17. In Ya (Pre)face, J. Henderson18. The Prologue as a Pseudo-Dialogue and the Identity of Its Main Speaker, I. de Jong19. The Horizons of Reading, N. W. Slater20. Writing with Style: The Prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses between fingierte Mündlichkeit and Textuality, D. Fowler21. Antiquity's Future: Writing, Speech and Representation in the Prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses, A. Kahane22. Quis ille...lector?: Addressee(s) in the Prologue and Throughout the Metamorphoses, M. Zimmermann23. From Prologue to Story: Metaphor and Narrative Construction in the Opening of the Metamorphoses, P. James24. Paradox and Transcendence: The Prologue as the End., A. LairdEnvoiBibliographyIndex
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