Apuleius' Invisible Ass: Encounters with the Unseen in the Metamorphoses - Couverture rigide

Benson, Geoffrey C.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1108475558 ISBN 13 : 9781108475556

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Apuleius' Metamorphoses (or The Golden Ass), a masterpiece of Latin literature from the second century AD, still captivates modern readers with its combination of asininity and mysticism. In the novel, a young man named Lucius tells how he accidentally turns into a donkey and then describes how he regains human form with the help of the Egyptian goddess Isis, into whose cult he is initiated. This book argues that invisibility is one of the central motifs in the Metamorphoses and, in the process, presents a new interpretation of Apuleius' novel as a visionary, esoteric text. It contributes both to the study of the subtle relationship between literature and Platonic philosophy and to the cultural history of invisibility in classical antiquity and beyond.

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À propos de l'auteur

Geoffrey C. Benson is Assistant Professor of the Classics at Colgate University, New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1108475558
• ISBN 13: 9781108475556
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 308
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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