{"product_id":"apuleius-metamorphoses-stefan-tilg-9780198706830","title":"Apuleius' Metamorphoses: A Study in Roman Fiction","description":"This volume reveals how Apuleius' \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e -- the only fully extant Roman novel and a classic of world literature -- works as a piece of literature, exploring its poetics and the way in which questions of production and reception are reflected in its text. Providing a roughly linear reading of key passages, the volume develops an original idea of Apuleius as an ambitious writer led by the literary tradition, rhetoric, and Platonism, and argues that he created what we could call a seriocomic 'philosophical novel' \u003cem\u003eavant la lettre\u003c\/em\u003e. The author focuses, in particular, on the ways in which Apuleius drew attention to his achievement and introduced the Greek ass story to Roman literature. Thus, the volume also sheds new light on the forms and the literary and intellectual potential of the genre of the ancient novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefan Tilg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198706839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198706830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 5.70w x 0.68d","brand":"Stefan Tilg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44119424958719,"sku":"9780198706830","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7dd52636-0fda-483a-a2cc-a0848647e5d0.jpg?v=1687409273","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/apuleius-metamorphoses-stefan-tilg-9780198706830","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}