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Informationen zum Autor By Judith K. Krabbe Klappentext This monograph, Lusus iste: Apuleius' Metamorphoses, continues the critical game in which Apuleuis invites us to be co-players. It presents further observations of a reader who finds delight in the verbal entertainment, lusus, which Apuleius provided, not simply in the story he tells but also in its complex design and verbal texture. Zusammenfassung This monograph! Lusus iste: Apuleius' Metamorphoses! continues the critical game in which Apuleuis invites us to be co-players. It presents further observations of a reader who finds delight in the verbal entertainment! lusus! which Apuleius provided! not simply in the story he tells but also in its complex design and verbal texture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Sermone isto Milesio Chapter 3 Mea vetus prosapia: Questions of Ancestry and Identity Chapter 4 "Mountains, Valleys, Plains, and Ploughlands" Chapter 5 Crastino die scies: Tomorrows in the Metamorphoses Chapter 6 Fish, Food, Fasting Chapter 7 "Hercules, est Lucius!" Chapter 8 Dogs and Madness: More Hercules materia Chapter 9 Lucius as scholasticus Chapter 10 Milo and Milo Chapter 11 Philebus and Philebus Chapter 12 Leges, iudicia, iustitia Chapter 13 Salmacis and Psyche: Fugal Variations Chapter 14 Advena iste asinus Chapter 15 Sea Changes in the Metamorphoses Chapter 16 Colore vario: Apuleius' Palette Chapter 17 Kissing Games, Mirror Games, Grace Chapter 18 Bibliography Chapter 19 Indices
