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Witches, Isis and Narrative : Approaches to Magic in Apuleius' "Metamorphoses."
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 assort...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
Walter de Gruyter,
2008.
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| Colección: | Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter; Contents; Acknowledgements; Text and Figure Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Onos versus Apuleius' Metamorphoses; Chapter 2. Lucius versus Socrates and Aristomenes; Chapter 3. Lucius' and Milo's Tales of Diophanes and Asinius' Prophecy: Internal Readers and the Author; Chapter 4. Lucius versus Thelyphron; Chapter 5. The Tale of Cupid and Psyche as a Mythic Variant of the Novel; Chapter 6. 'War' in Magic and Lovemaking; Chapter 7. Lucius' Metamorphosis into an Ass as a Narrative Device; Chapter 8. Rewriting Metamorphoses 1
- 10: The Isis Book.
- Chapter 9. Transforming the Genre: Apuleius' MetamorphosesAppendix: Lucius' Metamorphic Change and Entrance into a New Life as a Metaphorical Representation of the Sailing of Isis' Ship; Backmatter.