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Apuleius and Antonine Rome: Historical Essays (Phoenix Supplementary Volumes): 50 - Hardcover

Keith Bradley

 
9781442644205: Apuleius and Antonine Rome: Historical Essays (Phoenix Supplementary Volumes): 50
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1442644206 ISBN 13: 9781442644205
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2012

Synopsis

Apuleius and Antonine Rome features outstanding scholarship by Keith Bradley on the Latin author Apuleius of Madauros and on the second-century Roman world in which Apuleius lived. Bradley discusses Apuleius' work in the context of social relations (especially the family and household), religiosity in all its diversity and complexity, and cultural interactions between the imperial centre and the provincial periphery.These essays examine the Apology, the speech Apuleius made when he defended himself on the criminal charge of having enticed a wealthy widow to marry him through magical means; the fragments of his speeches known as the Florida; and the remarkable serio-comic novel Metamorphoses (better known as The Golden Ass). Altogether, Apuleius and Antonine Rome effectively illustrates how socio-cultural history can be recovered from works of literature.

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About the Author

Keith Bradley is the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Professor of Classics and Concurrent Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.

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Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1442644206
ISBN 13 
9781442644205
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
408