Aspects of Apuleius' Golden Ass : Volume III, The Isis Book : A Collection of Original Papers /
Aspects of Apuleius' Golden Ass : Volume III, The Isis Book : A Collection of Original Papers /
Isis book : a collection of original papers
edited by W. Keulen, U. Egelhaaf-Gaiser.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 255 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Text and interpretation : interpretation and text / M. Zimmerman -- In spite of Isis : wordplay in Metamorphoses XI (an answer to Wytse Keulen) / Lara Nicolini -- The gleaming pate of the Pastophorus : masquerade or embodied lifestyle? / Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser -- Narrative subsersion and religious satire in Metamorphoses 11 / Stephen Harrison -- Prodentia and Prouidentia : Book XI in context / Luca Graverini -- Asinus Philosophans : allegory's fate and Isis' providence in the Metamorphoses / Friedemann Drews -- Aspects of a literary rationale of Metamorphoses 11 / Stefan Tilg -- Geography and direction in Metamorphoses 11 / Ken Dowden -- Plutarch and Apuleius : laborious routes to Isis / Luc Van de Stockt -- Egyptian religion in Met. 11 and Plutarch's Dio : culture, philosophy, and the ineffable / Ellen Finkelpearl -- An author intrudes into 'his' narrative : Lucius 'becomes' Apuleius / Warren Smith.
The contributions to this volume on the Isis Book reassess current interpretations, highlight aspects of text, language, and style, and develop new lines of approach regarding the interpretation of this fascinating many-layered text, the last book of Apuleius' famous novel.
9789004224551 (electronic bk.) 9004224556 (electronic bk.)
9786613395986
Apuleius. Book 11. Metamorphoses.
Isis (Egyptian deity)
Metamorphoses (Apuleius)
Latin fiction--History and criticism.
Isis (Egyptian deity) in literature.
Roman latin--Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
Latin fiction.
Literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PA6217
873/.01
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Text and interpretation : interpretation and text / M. Zimmerman -- In spite of Isis : wordplay in Metamorphoses XI (an answer to Wytse Keulen) / Lara Nicolini -- The gleaming pate of the Pastophorus : masquerade or embodied lifestyle? / Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser -- Narrative subsersion and religious satire in Metamorphoses 11 / Stephen Harrison -- Prodentia and Prouidentia : Book XI in context / Luca Graverini -- Asinus Philosophans : allegory's fate and Isis' providence in the Metamorphoses / Friedemann Drews -- Aspects of a literary rationale of Metamorphoses 11 / Stefan Tilg -- Geography and direction in Metamorphoses 11 / Ken Dowden -- Plutarch and Apuleius : laborious routes to Isis / Luc Van de Stockt -- Egyptian religion in Met. 11 and Plutarch's Dio : culture, philosophy, and the ineffable / Ellen Finkelpearl -- An author intrudes into 'his' narrative : Lucius 'becomes' Apuleius / Warren Smith.
The contributions to this volume on the Isis Book reassess current interpretations, highlight aspects of text, language, and style, and develop new lines of approach regarding the interpretation of this fascinating many-layered text, the last book of Apuleius' famous novel.
9789004224551 (electronic bk.) 9004224556 (electronic bk.)
9786613395986
Apuleius. Book 11. Metamorphoses.
Isis (Egyptian deity)
Metamorphoses (Apuleius)
Latin fiction--History and criticism.
Isis (Egyptian deity) in literature.
Roman latin--Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
Latin fiction.
Literature.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PA6217
873/.01