Apuleius : a Latin sophist / / S. J. Harrison

• Autore: Harrison S. J.
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2008; ©2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Disciplina: 875.01
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; PREFACE; CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION; ABBREVIATIONS OF APULEIUS' WORKS; Chapter 1: Apuleius in Context: Life, Background, Writings; 1. LIFE AND BACKGROUND; 2. WRITINGS; (i) Extant Works; (ii) Fragments of and Testimonia to Lost Works; Chapter 2: A Sophist in Court: The Apologia; 1. BACKGROUND AND DATE; 2. THE SPEECH: CHARACTER AND STRATEGY; 3· THE SPEECH: STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION; 4· ANALYSIS OF SECTIONS; I. Exordium (1-3); II. Refutation of Non-Magical Allegations (4-24) ; III. Summing-up of Refutation of Non-Magical Allegations (25.1-4)IV. Introduction to Refutation of 'Minor' Magical Charges (25.5-28); V. Refutation of 'Minor' Magic Charges (29-65); VI. Introduction to Refutation of Charges concerning Pudentilla's Marriage (66-7); VII. Refutation of Charges concerning Pudentilla's Marriage ( 68-101); VIII. Summing-up of Charges and Peroratio (102-3); 5· APULEIUS' APOLOGIA AND THE SECOND SOPHISTIC; Chapter 3: Sophistic Display: The Florida; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. TRANSMISSION AND TITLE; 3· ANALYSIS OF THE FLORIDA; Florida 1; Florida 2; Florida 3; Florida 4 ; Florida 5Florida 6; Florida 7; Florida 8; Florida 9; Florida 10; Florida 11; Florida 12; Florida 13; Florida 14; Florida 15; Florida 16; Florida 17; Florida 18; Florida 19; Florida 20; Florida 21; Florida 22; Florida 23; 4· PRINCIPLES OF SELECTION; Chapter 4: Popular Philosophy: De Deo Socratis; 1. GENRE, SOURCES, DATING; 2. PROBLEMS OF TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION; 3. STRUCTURE AND ANALYSIS OF THE WORK; (i) Structure; (ii) Analysis; 4. CONCLUSION; Chapter 5: Philosophical Exposition: De Mundo and De Platone; 1. SHARED PROBLEMS OF AUTHENTICITY AND DATING ; 2. THE DE MUNDO: GENERAL CHARACTER AND STRUCTURE3. THE DE MUNDO: LITERARY AND STYLISTIC ASPECTS; (i) Literary Affinities; (ii) Apuleian Adaptations; 4. THE DE PLATONE: TRANSMISSION, STRUCTURE, COMPARISON WITH ALCINOUS; 5. THE DE PLATONE: LITERARY AND STYLISTIC ASPECTS; 6. CONCLUSION: APULEIAN PHILOSOPHICAL EXPOSITIONS?; Chapter 6: A Sophist's Novel: The Metamorphoses; 1. SOPHISTIC LITERARY TEXTURE IN THE METAMORPHOSES; (i) Plot-Summary; (ii) Lucius: A Sophistic Protagonist?; (iii) Novel as Paideia: Sophistic and Literary Learning in the Metamorphoses ; (iv) Novel as Epideixis: Narrative Complexity and Sophistic Self-Display in the Metamorphoses2. CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AND IDEOLOGY IN THE METAMORPHOSES; (i) The Metamorphoses: A Serious Novel of Ideas?; (ii) The Metamorphoses and Religion: Sermon or Satire?; (iii) The Metamorphoses and Philosophy: The Pertinence of Platonism; (v) Conclusion: Entertainment, not Enlightenment; ADDENDA TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is a response to the literary pleasures and scholarly problems of reading the texts of Apuleius, most famous for his novel Metamorphoses or Golden Ass. Living in second-century North Africa, Apuleius was more than an author of fiction; he was a consummate orator and professional intellectual, Platonist philosopher, extraordinary stylist, relentless self-promoter, and versatile author of a remarkably diverse body of work, much of which is lost to us. Thisbook is written for those able to read Apuleius in Latin, and Apuleian works are accordingly quoted without translation (although wh
• Titolo autorizzato: Apuleius
• ISBN: 0-19-103676-5; 0-19-158824-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809667303321
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