Apuleius: A Latin Sophist Tapa dura - 2000

Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0198140533 . Bottom corner is very lightly bumped. Else very light shelfwear to book. Scholar's name to DJ flap (R. E. Fantham). DJ has very minor shelfwear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 281 pages; This book is a response to the literary pleasures and scholarly problems of reading the texts of Apuleius, most famous for his novel Metamorphoses or Golden Ass. Living in second-century North Africa, Apuleius was more than an author of fiction; he was a consummate orator and professional intellectual, Platonist philosopher, extraordinary stylist, relentless self-promoter, and versatile author of a remarkably diverse body of work, much of which is lost to us. This book is written for those able to read Apuleius in Latin, and Apuleian works are accordingly quoted without translation (although where they exist suitable translations have been indicated). In this book Dr Harrison has provided a literary handbook to… Leer más

Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford Univ Pr. New. 2000. Hardcover. 0198140533 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY -- AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY -- 281 pages; clean and crisp, tight and bright pages, with no writing or markings to the text. -- TABLE OF CONTENTS: Abbreviations of Apuleius' Works * 1 Apuleius in Context: Life, Background, Writings 1 * 2 A Sophist in Court: The Apologia 39 * 3 Sophistic Display: The Florida 89 * 4 Popular Philosophy: De Deo Souatis 136 * 5 Philosophical Exposition: De Mundo and De Platone 174 * 6 A Sophist's Novel: The Metamorphoses 210 * Bibliography 261 * Index 279. -- DESCRIPTION: This book is written for those able to read Apuleius in Latin, and Apuleian works are accordingly quoted without translation (although where they exist suitable translations have been indicated). " "In this book Dr Harrison has… Leer más