Oxford Readings in the Roman Novel

by S. J. Harrison

Overview

This anthology of articles on the Roman novels of Petronuis and Apuleius makes available some of the most useful and important articles published in German and Italian as well as English over the last thirty years. The introduction, by the editor, provides a general assessment of all scholarly work written about the texts from the 1900s to the 1990s, setting the papers usefully in context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198721734
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/20/1999
Series:	Oxford Readings in Classical Studies
Pages:	378
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.20(d)
Lexile:	1550L (what's this?)

About the Author

Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Table of Contents

Harrison: Twentieth-century scholarship on the Roman NovelZeitlin: Petronius as Paradox: Anarchy and Artistic IntegrityBeck: Some Observations on the Narrative Technique of PetroniusAstbury: Petronius, P. Oxy. 3010, and Menippean SatireRosati: Trimalchio on the StagePetersmann: Environment, Linguistic Situation and Levels of Style in PetroniusBarchiesi: Traces of Greek Novels and the Roman NovelsWlosok: On the Unity of ApuleiusTatum: The Tales in Apuleius MetamorphosesSmith: The Narrative Voice in Apuleius MetamorphosesMason: Fabula Graecanica: Apuleius and his Greek SourcesVan der Paardt: The Unmasked T: ApuleiusMillar: The World of the Golden AssDe Filippo: Curiositas and the Platonism of Apuleius Golden AssFinkelpearl: Psyche, Aeneas and an Ass: Apuleius