Title: Metamorphosis of language in Apuleius
First published: 1998
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.
Subjects: Allusions in literature, Ancient Rhetoric, Authors and readers, Fiction, History and criticism, Latin fiction, Latin language, Metamorphosis in literature, Mythology, Classical, in literature, Rhetoric, Ancient, Style, Technique, Latin (Langue), Roman latin, Allusions dans la littérature, Stylistique, Rhétorique ancienne, Mythologie ancienne dans la littérature, Allusies, Metamorphoses (Apuleius), Roman, Histoire et critique, Écrivains et lecteurs, Métamorphose dans la littérature, Apuleius, Mythology, classical, Latin fiction, history and criticism, Fiction, technique
Places: Rome
People: Apuleius
LC classification: PA6217 .F55 1998