Apuleius and Drama
The Ass on Stage
ISBN13: 9780199202928ISBN10: 0199202923
Hardback,
396 pages
Jan 2007,
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Description
Regine May discusses the use of drama as an intertext in the work of the 2nd century Latin author Apuleius, who wrote the only complete extant Latin novel, the Metamorphoses, in which a young man is turned into a donkey by magic. Apuleius uses drama, especially comedy, as a basic underlying texture, and invites his readers to use their knowledge of contemporary drama in interpreting the fate of his protagonist and the often comic or tragic situations in which he finds himself. May employs a close study of the Latin text and detailed comparison with the corpus of dramatic texts from antiquity, as well as discussion of stock features of ancient drama, especially of comedy, in order to explain some features of the novel which have so far baffled Apuleian scholarship, including the enigmatic ending. All Latin and Greek has been translated into English.Features
- Wide-ranging discussion of Apuleius' complete works with a view to one specific intertext - drama
- Presents a range of comparative material that is otherwise difficult to access
- All Latin and Greek is translated
About the Author(s)
Regine May is Fellow and Tutor in Classical Languages and Literature at Merton College, University of Oxford.
