Companion to the Prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses

Name: Companion to the Prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses
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ISBN: 9780198152385

ISBN-10: 0198152388

ISBN-13: 9780198152385

Edition: 2001

Authors: Ahuvia Kahane, Andrew Laird

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Nowadays we can judge books by their covers. In antiquity, when a 'book' was a papyrus roll, its first few words advertised the nature of the text to follow. The Prologue of Apuleius' innovative novel, the Metamorphoses (or Golden Ass), is an extraordinary example of a programmatic opening, which has captivated readers and scholars from the Renaissance to the present day. This short text raises a variety of important questions about liberty, and about historical and linguistic interpretation. Along with a new text and translation of the Prologue, the twenty-four discussions in this volume, commissioned from internationally known specialists, cover issues ranging from philosophy and cultural…

Book details

List price: $280.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/21/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 342
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.86" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Ahuvia Kahane is Assistant Professor of Classics at Northwestern University.



Introduction



The Prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses: Text, Translation, and Textual Commentary




Cola and Clausulae in to Apuleius' Metamorphoses



Some Linguistic Points in the Prologue




Apuleius' Prologue and the Anxieties of Philosophers



Reflections of the African Character of Apuleius




The Hiding Author



Context and Implication



Argutia Nilotici Calami



A Theocritean Reed



Apuleius and Persius




Apuleius and Luke



Prologue and Epilogue in Conversion Contexts



Prologue and Provenance



Quis Ille? or Unde Ille?



Why Isthmos Ephyrea?




Prologic, Predecessors and Prohibitions




Fiction and History in Apuleius'



Prologue



J. Morgan


The Prologues of the Greek Novels and Apuleius



Quis Ille?



The Role of the Prologue in Apuleius Metamorphoses



Losing the Author's Voice



Cultural and Personal Identities in the Metamorphoses



In Ya (Pre)face




The Prologue as a Pseudo-Dialogue and the Identity of Its Main Speaker




The Horizons of Reading




Writing with Style



The Prologue to Apuleius'


Metamorphoses between fingierte Mundlichkeit and Textuality



Antiquity's Future



Writing, Speech and Representation in the Prologue to Apuleius'


Metamorphoses



Quis ille...lector?



Addressee(s) in the Prologue and Throughout the Metamorphoses



From Prologue to Story



Metaphor and Narrative Construction in the Opening of the Metamorphoses



Paradox and Transcendence



The Prologue as the End.Envoi


Bibliography


Index