{"product_id":"apuleius-madaurensis-metamorphoses-book-iii-leonardo-costantini-9789004470361","title":"Apuleius Madaurensis. Metamorphoses, Book III: Text, Introduction, Translation, and Commentary","description":"Adventure, sex, magic, robbery, and dramatic declamatory displays play a central role in the plot of Apuleius' \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e III. This volume completes the prestigious \u003ci\u003eGroningen Commentaries on Apuleius\u003c\/i\u003e series, which is available in its entirety as a digital resource as well: \u003ci\u003eApuleius Online\u003c\/i\u003e. This volume on book III presents a new text of \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e III provided with an English translation and a full commentary, which covers literary, linguistic, textual, narratological, and socio-cultural matters. The introduction casts new light on many aspects of Apuleius' novel, including its relationship with its lost Greek model, with the Greek love novels and with other genres (epic, poetry, declamation), Apuleius' elaborate style, the narratological features of book III and its main themes. An appendix is devoted to the manuscript transmission of the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e: it factors in new textual evidence gathered from the first examination of several \u003ci\u003erecentiores\u003c\/i\u003e since Oudendorp (1786) and Hildebrand (1842).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonardo Costantini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004470360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004470361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Leonardo Costantini","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43945123217663,"sku":"9789004470361","price":158.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_35d458fd-a1da-4963-99fc-2113bee0bf02.jpg?v=1681506917","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/apuleius-madaurensis-metamorphoses-book-iii-leonardo-costantini-9789004470361","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}