Apuleius and Antonine Rome : Historical Essays /

Apuleius and Antonine Rome features outstanding scholarship by Keith Bradley on the Latin author Apuleius of Madauros and on the second-century Roman world in which Apuleius lived. Bradley discusses Apuleius' work in the context of social relations (especially the family and household), religio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bradley, Keith (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Colección:Phoenix Supplementary Volumes ; 50
Temas:
DISCOUNT-B.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • 1. Law, Magic, and Culture in Apuleius's Apology
  • 2. Contending with Conversion: Reflections on the Re-formation of Lucius the Ass
  • 3. Romanitas and the Roman Family: The Evidence of Apuleius's Apology
  • 4. Animalizing the Slave: The Truth of Fiction
  • 5. Fictive Families: Family and Household in Apuleius's Metamorphoses
  • 6. Sacrificing the Family: Christian Martyrs and Their Kin
  • 7. Apuleius and Carthage
  • 8. Appearing for the Defence: Apuleius on Display
  • 9. Apuleius and the Sub-Saharan Slave Trade
  • 10. Apuleius and Jesus
  • 11. Lucius and Isis: History in Apuleius's Metamorphoses
  • 12. Apuleius and Adultery in the Age of the Antonines
  • APPENDIX
  • SUPPLEMENT OF IMAGES
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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