Oxford Readings in the Roman Novel

by: Harrison, S.J.

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 Oxford Readings in the Roman Novel
Edited by S. J. Harrison
Oxford Readings in Classical Studies
Makes easily available some of most important and useful articles written on Roman novelists Apuleius and Petronius
Translates some notable German and Italian pieces for the first time
Covers most important areas of scholarly discussion on literary genre of ancient novel

Description
This anthology of articles on the Roman novels of Petronius 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.

The articles in this collection which concern the work of Petronius include a general interpretation of a fragmentary and problematic text, exploration of narrative technique, relation to Menippean satire and recently discovered Greek novel papyri, and realism. On Apuleius, the collection includes pieces on narrative and ideological unity, relation to religion and Platonism, exploration of narrative technique, relation to epic and to the Greek ass stories, to folk-tale, and historical realism.

A reflection of the period of rapid expansion of scholarly interest in the area of the ancient novel this book combines the best of current international scholarly interpretation.

Table of Contents
Harrison: Twentieth-century scholarship on the Roman Novel
Zeitlin: Petronius as Paradox: Anarchy and Artistic Integrity
Beck: Some Observations on the Narrative Technique of Petronius
Astbury: Petronius, P. Oxy. 3010, and Menippean Satire
Rosati: Trimalchio on the Stage
Petersmann: Environment, Linguistic Situation and Levels of Style in Petronius
Barchiesi: Traces of Greek Novels and the Roman Novels
Wlosok: On the Unity of Apuleius
Tatum: The Tales in Apuleius Metamorphoses
Smith: The Narrative Voice in Apuleius Metamorphoses
Mason: Fabula Graecanica: Apuleius and his Greek Sources
Van der Paardt: The Unmasked T: Apuleius
Millar: The World of the Golden Ass
De Filippo: Curiositas and the Platonism of Apuleius Golden Ass
Finkelpearl: Psyche, Aeneas and an Ass: Apuleius

Oxford Readings in the Roman Novel

by: Harrison, S.J.

• ISBN-13: 9780198721741
• ISBN-03: 0198721749
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999

Price: 54,00 EURO

1 copy in stock