Apuleius and Antonine Rome : Historical Essays /

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These essays examine the Apology, the speech Apuleius made when he defended himself on the criminal charge of having enticed a wealthy widow to marry him through magical means; the fragments of his speeches known as the Florida; and the remarkable serio-comic novel Metamorphoses (better known as The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bradley, K. R. (Keith R.), 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Apuleius > Madaurensis, > 125-190.
Apuleius.
Apulee > Critique et interpretation.
Apuleius > Criticism and interpretation.
Manners and customs.
Civilization.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Römisches Reich.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Civilisation.
Rome > Moeurs et coutumes.
Rome > Civilization.
Rome > Social life and customs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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