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200 10$aWitches, Isis and narrative$b[electronic resource] $eapproaches to magic in Apuleius' Metamorphoses /$fby Stavros Frangoulidis
210   $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cDe Gruyter$d2008
215   $a1 online resource (270 p.)
225 1 $aTrends in classics. Supplementary volumes ;$vv. 2
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a3-11-020594-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliography and indices.
327   $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tText and Figure Acknowledgements -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. The Onos versus Apuleius' Metamorphoses -- $tChapter 2. Lucius versus Socrates and Aristomenes -- $tChapter 3. Lucius' and Milo's Tales of Diophanes and Asinius' Prophecy: Internal Readers and the Author -- $tChapter 4. Lucius versus Thelyphron -- $tChapter 5. The Tale of Cupid and Psyche as a Mythic Variant of the Novel -- $tChapter 6. 'War' in Magic and Lovemaking -- $tChapter 7. Lucius' Metamorphosis into an Ass as a Narrative Device -- $tChapter 8. Rewriting Metamorphoses 1 - 10: The Isis Book -- $tChapter 9. Transforming the Genre: Apuleius' Metamorphoses -- $tAppendix: Lucius' Metamorphic Change and Entrance into a New Life as a Metaphorical Representation of the Sailing of Isis' Ship -- $t Backmatter
330   $aThis is the first in-depth study of Apuleius' Metamorphoses to look at the different attitudes characters adopt towards magic as a key to deciphering the complex dynamics of the entire work. The variety of responses to magic is unveiled in the narrative as the protagonist Lucius encounters an assortment of characters, either in embedded tales or in the main plot. A contextualized approach illuminates Lucius' relatively good fortune when compared to other characters in the novel - this results from his involvement with the magic of a sorcerer's apprentice, rather than that of a real witch, and signals the possibility of eventual salvation. A careful investigation of Lucius' attitude towards Isis in book 11 and his relationship with the witch-slave girl Photis earlier on suggests that the novel's final book may be read as a second "Metamorphoses", consciously rewritten from a positive perspective. Last but not least, the book also breaks new ground by examining the narrative structure of the Metamorphoses against the background of the typical plotline found in the ideal romance. The comparison shows how Apuleius both follows and alters this plot, exploiting the genre to his own specific ends, in keeping with his central theme of metamorphosis. 
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606   $aMagic in literature
606   $aWitches in literature
610   $aAncient Magic.
610   $aAncient Novel.
610   $aGenre.
610   $aIsis.
610   $aNarrative.
615  0$aMagic in literature.
615  0$aWitches in literature.
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