TY - BOOK AU - Keulen,Wytse Hette AU - Egelhaaf-Gaiser,Ulrike TI - Aspects of Apuleius' Golden Ass SN - 9789004224551 AV - PA6217 U1 - 873/.01 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Apuleius. KW - Isis KW - Metamorphoses (Apuleius) KW - fast KW - Latin fiction KW - History and criticism KW - Isis (Egyptian deity) in literature KW - Roman latin KW - Histoire et critique KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Literature KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=420226 ER -