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ISBN10: 0199271380, ISBN13: 9780199271382, [publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, USA] Softcover VI, 281 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed binding, otherwise very good and clean. / Leicht beriebener Einband, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - Contents: 1. Apuleius in Context: Life, Background, Writings -- 2. A Sophist in Court: The Apologia -- 3. Sophistic Display: The Florida -- 4. Popular Philosophy: De Deo Socratis -- 5. Philosophical Exposition: De Mundo and De Platone -- 6. A Sophist's Novel: The Metamorphoses. - 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 selfpromoter, and versatile author of a remarkably diverse body of work, much of which is lost to us. This book is written for those able to read Apuleius in Latin, and Apuleian works are accordingly quoted without translation (although where they exist suitable translations have been indicated). In this book Dr Harrison has provided a literary handbook to all the works of Apuleius as well as the Metamorphoses, and has set his works against their intellectual background: ...
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