FRAMING THE ASS by S. J. Harrison ( 9780199602681 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

FRAMING THE ASS
LITERARY TEXTURE IN APULEIUS' METAMORPHOSES

By:

S. J. Harrison

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Hardback

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0199602689

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

13 June, 2013

Pages:

304

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This book studies one of the few novels from the Roman Empire, Apuleius' Metamorphoses or Golden Ass. Harrison shows that this work is one of remarkable literary complexity. The volume traces some of the history of the novel's criticism and offers a detailed analysis of its key sections and issues.

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Complementing Harrison's previous volume, Apuleius: A Latin Sophist, this book studies one of the few extant Latin novels from the Roman Empire, Apuleius' Metamorphoses or Golden Ass. Harrison shows that this work is one of remarkable literary complexity, playing off other classical forms, especially the related narrative form of the epic. The volume traces some of the history of the novel's criticism and offers a detailed analysis of its key sections and issues, demonstrating in detail the literary sophistication and complex intergeneric intertextuality which is the key feature of Apuleius' novel.

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