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Book Metamorphosis of Language in Apuleius

Download or read book Metamorphosis of Language in Apuleius written by Ellen D. Finkelpearl and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book differs from previous studies in its scope, its insistence on a variety of approaches, its emphasis on the importance of genre, and its argument that the place of the literary tradition progresses through the book. This is the first attempt to link Apuleius' allusive practices with a consideration of the emergence of the novel and the consequent tensions in generic form. The chapters on Charite, the Phaedraesque stepmother, and Isis represent experimental new directions for the interpretation of Apuleius and literary influence.

Book Apuleius  Metamorphoses

Download or read book Apuleius Metamorphoses written by Apuleius and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains selections from Apuleius' famous and entertaining novel, The Metamorphoses, aimed at intermediate Latin students.

Book An Apuleius Reader

Download or read book An Apuleius Reader written by Ellen D. Finkelpearl and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Apuleius and the Metamorphoses of Platonism

Download or read book Apuleius and the Metamorphoses of Platonism written by Claudio Moreschini and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apuleius was a respected philosophus Platonicus in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Until the middle of last century, he attracted the attention of scholars as a so-called 'Middle Platonist' author. Then, with the rejection of the historical schema that he had been situated in (the so-called 'school of Gaius', which we will treat shortly), his 'brother' Alcinous was the object of studies and (even harsh) criticisms, while almost nothing more was written about Apuleius by anyone. Studies of Middle Platonism primarily accentuated the liberty of the philosophers of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, who interpreted the doctrines of Plato without constituting a specific school. Due to this new vision of Middle Platonism, Apuleius' role was difficult to define. It is not uncommon to find that Apuleius the philosopher is completely neglected . The literary character, and especially the 'rhetorical' nature of some of his works and of his personality have probably hurt his reputation in philosophy. These aspects of his personality have however been ever more accentuated in the last few decades within the development of studies on Second Sophistics. Consequently not only have there been few scholars to show interest for Apuleius' philosophical doctrines, but those few who have the opportunity to almost manage his philosophical doctrines usually disregard his literary works. In this way one cannot understand the most specific aspect of his philosophy, which consists in a sort of intermingling of philosophy and literature (a typical attitude of Greek and Latin culture of the 2nd century AD), and above all, of religion and Platonism. The dichotomy between philosophy and literature that was normal in the 19th and 20th centuries therefore still persists in the case of Apuleius. Claudio Moreschini attempted in some way to fill this gap in his 1978 study on Apuleio e il Platonismo. It was obviously in vain. Accordingly, in this book he would like to reflect on the possibility of a synthesis between these two aspects.

Book The Golden Ass

Download or read book The Golden Ass written by Apuleius and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Apuleius  The metamorphoses  Book I

Download or read book Apuleius The metamorphoses Book I written by James S. Ruebel and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annotated edition of Book 1 of Apuleius' novel, Metamorphoses, this text is suitable for a student's first unadapted author, or in combination with other readings at the intermediate undergraduate level. -- Introduction -- Foreword, "Book One and Apuleius' Metamorphoses, " by Stephen Nimis -- Latin text based on R. Helm (Teubner, 2nd edition, 1913) -- Same-page vocabulary and grammatical/syntactical notes -- Complete Latin-English vocabulary -- Select bibliography of works in English, for the student interpreter Book 1 exhibits the spontaneity and ebullience of Apuleius' Latin as well as his ability to engage the read with a lively story. It is the perfect text to put variety into the Latin curriculum.

Book The Metamorphosis  Or  Golden Ass  and Philosophical Works  of Apuleius

Download or read book The Metamorphosis Or Golden Ass and Philosophical Works of Apuleius written by Apuleius and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Works of Apuleius

    Book Details:
  • Author : Apuleius
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1853
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 560 pages

Download or read book The Works of Apuleius written by Apuleius and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Isis Book  Metamorphoses  Book XI

Download or read book The Isis Book Metamorphoses Book XI written by Apuleius of Madauros and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preliminary material /J. GWYN GRIFFITHS -- INTRODUCTION /J. GWYN GRIFFITHS -- SIGLA /J. GWYN GRIFFITHS -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION /J. GWYN GRIFFITHS -- COMMENTARY /J. GWYN GRIFFITHS -- ADDENDA /J. GWYN GRIFFITHS -- A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CONSULTED /J. GWYN GRIFFITHS -- GENERAL INDEX /J. GWYN GRIFFITHS.

Book Apuleius and Drama

Download or read book Apuleius and Drama written by Regine May and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2006-12-07 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussing the use of drama as an intertext in 2nd century Latin author Apuleius' novel, 'The Metamorphoses', in which a young man is turned into a donkey by magic, this book employs a study of the Latin text and comparison with the corpus of dramatic texts from antiquity.

Book The golden ass

    Book Details:
  • Author : Apuleius
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1922
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 607 pages

Download or read book The golden ass written by Apuleius and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Works of Apuleius

Download or read book The Works of Apuleius written by Apuleius and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Metamorphoses of Apuleius

Download or read book The Metamorphoses of Apuleius written by Judith K. Krabbe and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most notable achievements of ancient prose fiction, the Metamorphoses of Apuleius continues to intrigue readers. This study focuses on Apuleius' best-known work, but takes varied approaches to «metamorphosis, » exploring its use not only as a theme but as a literary technique. It breaks new ground by clearly demonstrating the close relationship between the Metamorphoses of Apuleius and the Metamorphoses of Ovid. It shows, too, the crucial significance of Isis for understanding Apuleius' mode of composition. Juxtaposing Apuleius' Metamorphoses with several works of modern literature, it also examines some of the transformations which the metamorphosis theme itself has undergone.

Book Witches  Isis and Narrative

Download or read book Witches Isis and Narrative written by Stavros Frangoulidis and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-11-06 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first in-depth study of Apuleius' Metamorphoses to look at the different attitudes characters adopt towards magic as a key to deciphering the complex dynamics of the entire work. The variety of responses to magic is unveiled in the narrative as the protagonist Lucius encounters an assortment of characters, either in embedded tales or in the main plot. A contextualized approach illuminates Lucius' relatively good fortune when compared to other characters in the novel ‒ this results from his involvement with the magic of a sorcerer's apprentice, rather than that of a real witch, and signals the possibility of eventual salvation. A careful investigation of Lucius' attitude towards Isis in book 11 and his relationship with the witch-slave girl Photis earlier on suggests that the novel's final book may be read as a second "Metamorphoses", consciously rewritten from a positive perspective. Last but not least, the book also breaks new ground by examining the narrative structure of the Metamorphoses against the background of the typical plotline found in the ideal romance. The comparison shows how Apuleius both follows and alters this plot, exploiting the genre to his own specific ends, in keeping with his central theme of metamorphosis.

Book Apuleius  Metamorphoses

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stefan Tilg
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 2014
  • ISBN : 0198706839
  • Pages : 203 pages

Download or read book Apuleius Metamorphoses written by Stefan Tilg and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book The Metamorphoses

    Book Details:
  • Author : Apuleius
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1910
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 206 pages

Download or read book The Metamorphoses written by Apuleius and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Characterisation in Apuleius    Metamorphoses

Download or read book Characterisation in Apuleius Metamorphoses written by Stephen Harrison and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume dedicated to the topic of characterisation in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, the Latin novel from the second century CE. The subject has not been ignored in recent scholarship on individual characters in the work, but the lack of an earlier general overview of the topic reflects the general history of scholarship on the Metamorphoses. Literature on Apuleius’ novel until the 1960s centred around the issue of his general literary quality, and some key scholars held distinctly low estimates of Apuleius’ talents. Since 1970, most critics have seen Apuleius as a conscious and effective literary artist, and this is reflected in the emergence of this volume. The volume’s contributors are a distinguished collection of international scholars, many of whom have worked together on the long-established Groningen Commentaries on Apuleius, a project which is currently coming to completion. No ideological line has been imposed, and contributors have been free to offer their thoughts on how the text of the novel presents particular characters, including divine ones. The volume covers the whole of the novel and all the significant characters, and will constitute a substantial contribution to the interpretation of the most important Latin novel to survive complete from the ancient world.