Witches, Isis and Narrative: Approaches to Magic in Apuleius' "Metamorphoses"

ISBN-13: 9783110205947 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 267 str.

Stavros Frangoulidis

Opis

This is the first in-depth study of Apuleius' Metamorphoses to juxtapose the different attitudes towards magic adopted by Lucius and other characters, either in embedded tales or in the main plot, as a key to deciphering the complex dynamics of the work. The contextualized approach pursued in this study further suggests that the novel's final book may be read as a second Metamorphoses, rewritten from a positive perspective. The book breaks new ground by examining the narrative structure of the Metamorphoses against the background of the typical plotline found in the ideal romance.

Recenzje

"[...] il volume può essere ritenuto un utile punto di partenza per nouve riletture dell' affascinante universio narrativo apuleiano."
Marco Onorato in: Bolletino di Studi latini 1/2009

"Cette étude globale sur les différentes attitudes adoptées vis-a-vis de l'univers de la magie et de la sphère du divin offre une bonne synthèse des travaux précédents et dévoile, grâce à la subtilité de certaines comparaisons, quelques aspects encore cachés d'un texte dont la richesse et la complexité ne sont pas encore épuisées."
Géraldine Puccini-Delbey in: Revue des Études Latines 86/2008

O autorze

Stavros Frangoulidis, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.