Metamorphosis of language in Apuleius
Subtitle: a study of allusion in the novel
By: Ellen D. Finkelpearl.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Apuleius.; Mythology, Classical, in literature.; Latin fiction -- History and criticism.; Metamorphosis in literature.; Authors and readers -- Rome.; Allusions in literature.; Latin language -- Style.; Fiction -- Technique.; Rhetoric, Ancient.
Description: This book differs from previous studies in its scope, its insistence on a variety of approaches, its emphasis on the importance of genre, and its argument that the place of the literary tradition progresses through the book. This is the first attempt to link Apuleius' allusive practices with a consideration of the emergence of the novel and the consequent tensions in generic form.

The chapters on Charite, the Phaedraesque stepmother, and Isis represent experimental new directions for the interpretation of Apuleius and literary influence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-233) and indexes.