Apuleius and drama
Subtitle: the ass on stage
By: Regine May.
Series: Oxford classical monographs
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: Apuleius; Apuleius -- Knowledge -- Latin drama (Comedy); Latin drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism
Description: "This is the first study of the employment of drama as an intertext in the works of Apuleius, covering not only the Metamorphoses, but also Apuleius' speeches and philosophical texts. Drama was an important element in Apuleius' second-century culture, with its unique mixture of archaism, instruction, and entertainment, as well as its connotations of membership of the cultural elite of the day. This is made obvious in Apuleius' Florida and Apologia, where the author exploits these connotations for self-defence and self-promotion."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Revised and extended version of my Oxford DPhil thesis A comic novel? Roman and new comedy in Apuleius Metamorphoses, submitted in Hilary Term 2002."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-357) and index.