Apuleius and drama : the ass on stage /

This book discusses the use of drama as an intertext in the work of the 2nd century Latin author Apuleius, who wrote the only complete extant Latin novel, the Metamorphoses, in which a young man is turned into a donkey by magic. Apuleius uses drama, especially comedy, as a basic underlying texture,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: May, Regine, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:Oxford classical monographs.
Temas:
Apuleius. > Metamorphoses.
Apuleius > Knowledge > Latin drama (Comedy)
Apuleius
Apuleius > Madaurensis.
Metamorphoses (Apuleius)
Latin drama (Comedy) > History and criticism.
Comédie latine > Histoire et critique.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Latin drama (Comedy)
Intertextualität
Drama
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Knowledge of drama and archaism in the second century
  • Drama philosophy, and rhetoric : Apuleius' minor works
  • Courtroom drama : Apuleius' Apologia
  • The texture of the metamorphoses
  • The drama of Aristomenes and Socrates
  • A parasite in a comic household
  • The Risus Festival : laughing at laughter
  • Cupid and Psyche : a divine comedy
  • Charite : how comedies do not end
  • 'Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor plautus too light' : Metamorphoses, book
  • The end : Isis : Dea ex machina?
  • Conclusion.

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