Apuleius and drama : the ass on stage / Regine May.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

May, Regine, 1971-

Series:

Oxford classical monographs.

Oxford classical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin drama (Comedy)--History and criticism.

Latin drama (Comedy).

Apuleius. Metamorphoses.

Apuleius.

Apuleius--Knowledge--Latin drama (Comedy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An exploration of 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. All Latin and Greek is translated into English. - ;Regine May 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, and invites his reade

Contents:

Contents; A Note on Texts and Translations; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Knowledge of Drama and Archaism in the Second Century; 3. Drama Philosophy, and Rhetoric: Apuleius' Minor Works; 4. Courtroom Drama: Apuleius' Apologia; 5. The Texture of the Metamorphoses; 6. The Drama of Aristomenes and Socrates; 7. A Parasite in a Comic Household; 8. The Risus Festival: Laughing at Laughter; 9. Cupid and Psyche: A Divine Comedy; 10. Charite: How Comedies Do Not End; 11. 'Seneca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus too light': Metamorphoses, Book 10; 12. The End: Isis: Dea ex machina?; 13. Conclusion

BibliographyIndex

Notes:

"Revised and extended version of my Oxford DPhil thesis A comic novel? Roman and new comedy in Apuleius Metamorphoses, submitted in Hilary Term 2002."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-357) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-170795-3

1-280-75412-5

0-19-151397-0

OCLC:

437092664