LEADER 03107nam 2200613 a 450 001 996216003203316 005 20240418141357.0 010 $a0-19-170795-3 010 $a1-280-75412-5 010 $a0-19-151397-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000715774 035 $a(EBL)415091 035 $a(OCoLC)437092664 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000289025 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11241144 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289025 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10386011 035 $a(PQKB)11491747 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000072311 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415091 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415091 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271529 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75412 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000715774 100 $a20060718d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aApuleius and drama$b[electronic resource] $ethe ass on stage /$fRegine May 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (396 p.) 225 1 $aOxford classical monographs 300 $a"Revised and extended version of my Oxford DPhil thesis A comic novel? Roman and new comedy in Apuleius Metamorphoses, submitted in Hilary Term 2002." 311 $a9786610754120 311 $a0-19-920292-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [333]-357) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aBibliographyIndex 330 $aAn exploration of the use of drama as an intertext in the work of the 2nd century Latin author Apuleius, who wrote the only complete extant Latin novel, the Metamorphoses, in which a young man is turned into a donkey by magic. All Latin and Greek is translated into English. - ;Regine May discusses the use of drama as an intertext in the work of the 2nd century Latin author Apuleius, who wrote the only complete extant Latin novel, the Metamorphoses, in which a young man is turned into a donkey by magic. Apuleius uses drama, especially comedy, as a basic underlying texture, and invites his reade 410 0$aOxford classical monographs. 606 $aLatin drama (Comedy)$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aLatin drama (Comedy)$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a873/.01 700 $aMay$b Regine$f1971-$0626034 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996216003203316 996 $aApuleius and drama$91222842 997 $aUNISA