THE METAMORPHOSES OF APULEIUS; On Making an Ass of Oneself
Language: English
Published by The University of North Carolina Press, 1992
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Scholar's small bookplate to ffep (R. E. Fantham). Else book is fine.; This book examines the comic and philosophical aspects of Apuleius' Metamorphoses, the ancient Roman novel also known as The Golden Ass. The tales that comprise the novel, long known for their bawdiness and wit, describe the adventures of Lucius, a man who is transformed into an ass. Carl Schlam argues that the work cannot be seen as purely comic or wholly serious; he says that the entertainment offered by the novel includes a vision of the possibilities of grace and salvation. Many critics have seen a discontinuity between the comedic aspects of the first ten tales and the more elevated account in the eleventh of the initiation of Lucius into the cult of Isis. But Schlam uncovers patterns of narrative and a thematic structure that give coherence to the adventures of Lucius and to the diversity of tales embedded in the principal narrative. Schlam sees a single seriocomic purpose pervading the narrative, which is marked by elements of burlesque as well as intimations of an ethical religious purpose. As Schlam points out, however, the world of second-century Rome cannot easily be divided into the sacred and the secular. Such neat distinctions were largely unknown in the ancient world, and Apuleius' tales are a part of a tradition, flowing from Homer, that addressed both religious and philosophical issues; 192 pages.…
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- Title
- THE METAMORPHOSES OF APULEIUS; On Making an Ass of Oneself
- Author
- Schlam, Carl C.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 080782013X
- ISBN 13
- 9780807820131
- Seller catalogs
- Latin Literature
Many critics have seen a discontinuity between the comedic aspects of the first ten tales and the more elevated account in the eleventh of the initiation of Lucius into the cult of Isis. But Schlam uncovers patterns of narrative and a thematic structure that give coherence to the adventures of Lucius and to the diversity of tales embedded in the principal narrative. Schlam sees a single seriocomic purpose pervading the narrative, which is marked by elements of burlesque as well as intimations of an ethical religious purpose.
As Schlam points out, however, the world of second-century Rome cannot easily be divided into the sacred and the secular. Such neat distinctions were largely unknown in the ancient world, and Apuleius' tales are a part of a tradition, flowing from Homer, that addressed both religious and philosophical issues.
Originally published in 1992.
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"Carl Schlam is already highly respected by students of Apuleius for a number of useful articles and an impressive monograph on "Cupid and Psyche" and the monuments. The merits of this book are its resistance to transient critical theory; its sensible stance on the purposes of the novel as entertainment and simultaneously as moral and religious instruction; and its judicious selection of leading themes and careful analysis of them."--P. G. Walsh, University of Glasgow
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