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Paideia at play : learning and wit in Apuleius /
Paidea, the yearning for, and display of knowledge, reached its' height as a cultural concept in the works of the Second Sophistic, an elite literary and philosophical movement seeking to ape the style and achievements of the 5th and 4th centuries BC. A crucial element in the display of paidea...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | Inglés Latín |
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Groningen :
Barkhuis Publishing : Groningen University Library,
2008.
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| Series: | Ancient narrative. Supplementum ;
11. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The sophist at play in court : Apuleius' Apology and his literary career / Stephen J. Harrison
- Legal strategy and learned display in Apuleius' Apology / James B. Rives
- Apuleius Socrates Africanus? : Apuleius' defensive play / Werner Reiss
- Homer in Apuleius' Apology / Vincent Hunink
- The "riches" of poverty : literary games with poetry in Apuleius' Luas Paupertatis (Apology 18) / Thomas D. McCreight
- Eloquentia ludens : Apuleius' Apology and the cheerful side of standing trial / Stefan Tilg
- Centaus solis fabulis : a symposiastic reading of Apuleius' novel / Maaike Zimmerman
- A festival of laughter : Lucius, Milo and Isis playing the game of Hospitium / Robert E. Vander Poppen
- Social commentary in the Metamorphoses : Apuleius' play with satire / Elizabeth M. Greene
- Playing with elegy : tales of lovers in books 1 and 2 of Apuleius' Metamorphoses / Amanda G. Mathis
- Vigilans somniabar : some narrative uses of dreams in Apuleius' Metamorphoses / David P.C. Carlisle
- Apuleian Ecphraseis : depiction at play / Niall W. Slater.