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Zusatztext The format, provides real benefits, allowing for a more diverse exploration of the issues than a typical commentary, with each chapter teasing out a little more fully the dynamics of the Prologue and the remarkable novel it introduces Klappentext The Prologue of Apuleius' innovative novel, the Metamorphoses (or Golden Ass), has captivated readers and scholars from the Renaissance to the present day. This volume contains a new text and translation of the Prologue and a wide range of essays which highlight its importance for students of Classical literature and modern literary theory. Zusammenfassung The Prologue of Apuleius' innovative novel, the Metamorphoses (or Golden Ass), has captivated readers and scholars from the Renaissance to the present day. This volume contains a new text and translation of the Prologue and a wide range of essays which highlight its importance for students of classical literature and modern literary theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: S. J. Harrison (with M. Winterbottom): The Prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses: Text, Translation, and Textual Commentary 2: R. G. M. Nisbet: Cola and Clausulae in to Apuleius' Metamorphoses 1.1 3: J. Powell: Some Linguistic Points in the Prologue 4: M. Trapp: Apuleius' Prologue and the Anxieties of Philosophers 5: M. Edwards: Reflections of the African Character of Apuleius 6: S. Swain: The Hiding Author: Context and Implication 7: B. Gibson: Argutia Nilotici Calami: A Theocritean Reed 8: E. Gowers: Apuleius and Persius 9: W. Smith: Apuleius and Luke: Prologue and Epilogue in Conversion Contexts 10: K. Clarke: Prologue and Provenance: Quis Ille? or Unde Ille? 11: D. Innes: Why Isthmos Ephyrea? 12: K. Dowden: Prologic, Predecessors and Prohibitions 13: A. Bitel: Fiction and History in Apuleius' Milesian Prologue 14: J. Morgan: The Prologues of the Greek Novels and Apuleius 15: R. Carver: Quis Ille?: The Role of the Prologue in Apuleius Metamorphoses. 16: Yun Lee Too: Losing the Author's Voice: Cultural and Personal Identities in the Metamorphoses. 17: J. Henderson: In Ya (Pre)face 18: I. de Jong: The Prologue as a Pseudo-Dialogue and the Identity of Its Main Speaker 19: N. W. Slater: The Horizons of Reading 20: D. Fowler: Writing with Style: The Prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses between fingierte Mündlichkeit and Textuality 21: A. Kahane: Antiquity's Future: Writing, Speech and Representation in the Prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses 22: M. Zimmermann: Quis ille...lector?: Addressee(s) in the Prologue and Throughout the Metamorphoses 23: P. James: From Prologue to Story: Metaphor and Narrative Construction in the Opening of the Metamorphoses 24: A. Laird: Paradox and Transcendence: The Prologue as the End. Envoi Bibliography Index ...
