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"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), r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bradley, K. R. (Keith R.), 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2012.
Colección:Phoenix. Supplementary volume ; 50.
Temas:
Apuleius > Criticism and interpretation.
Apulée > Critique et interprétation.
Apuleius.
Apuleius > Madaurensis, > 125-190.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Civilization.
Manners and customs.
Rome > Social life and customs.
Rome > Civilization.
Rome > Moeurs et coutumes.
Rome > Civilisation.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Law, magic and culture in Apuleius' Apology
  • 2. Contending with conversion: reflections on the re-formation of Lucius the Ass
  • 3. Romanitas and the Roman family: the evidence of Apuleius' Apology
  • 4. Animalising the slave: the truth of fiction
  • 5. Fictive families: family and household in Apuleius' 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' Metamorphoses
  • 12. Apuleius and adultery in the age of the Antonines.

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