Apuleius and Antonine Rome: Historical Essays - Couverture rigide

Bradley, Keith

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1442644206 ISBN 13 : 9781442644205

Editeur : 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1442644206
• ISBN 13: 9781442644205
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 408
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• Personne responsable: non disponible