Apuleius' Metamorphoses: a study in Roman fiction

Synopsis

This Volume Reveals How Apuleius' 'metamorphoses'--the Only Fully Extant Roman Novel And A Classic Of World Literature--works As A Piece Of Literature, Exploring Its Poetics And The Way In Which Questions Of Production And Reception Are Reflected In Its Text. 1 The Model: Religious Metamorphosis? 1 -- 1.1 Apuleius' Model 1 -- 1.2 Metamorphoses-onos-metamorphoses: The Main Issues 2 -- 1.3 A Religious Ending? 7 -- 1.4 Clues From Apuleius' Life And Work 14 -- 2 The Prologue: Loukios Goes To Rome 19 -- 2.1 A Link Between Greek Model And Latin Audience 19 -- 2.2 The Identity Of The Speaker 21 -- 2.3 The Politics Of At 25 -- 2.4 Loukios In The Roman Forum 32 -- 3 A Poetics In Tales: Milesian, Neoteric, Odyssean 37 -- 3.1 Tying Tales Together 37 -- 3.2 The Milesian Tales 37 -- 3.3 Neoteric Charm 41 -- 3.4 Odyssean Knowledge 52 -- 3.5 And The Moral Of The Tales? 54 -- 4 A Philosophical Novel: Platonic Fiction 57 -- 4.1 Philosophy In The Metamorphoses 57 -- 4.2 The 'philosophical Novel' 60 -- 4.3 Philosophy In The Ancient Novel? 62 -- 4.4 Platonic Metamorphoses 68 -- 4.5 On Structural Significance 82 -- 5 The Isis Book: Serious Entertainment 85 -- 5.1 Ambiguous Isis 85 -- 5.2 Seriousness 87 -- 5.3 Comedy 89 -- 5.4 Critique Of Serious And Comic Readings 93 -- 5.5 Philosophical Rhetorical Seriocomedy 98 -- 6 The Epilogue: Autobiography And Author's Biography 107 -- 6.1 Autobiographical Effects 107 -- 6.2 The Romecoming' 110 -- 6.3 The Unmasked 'i' 111 -- 6.4 The Roman Initiations Stefan Tilg. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 161-177) And Indexes.