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Zusatztext Harrison (and Swain) are learned and judicious editors, and both volumes will no doubt find the wide markets they deserve...it is hard not to be impressed by the weight and density of scholarship to be found herein. Times Literary Supplement Klappentext This anthology of articles on the Roman novels of Petronius and Apuleius makes available some of the most useful and important articles published in German and Italian as well as English over the last thirty years. The introduction, by the editor, provides a general assessment of all scholarly work written about the texts from the 1900s to the 1990s, setting the papers usefully in context. The articles in this collection which concern the work of Petronius include a general interpretation of a fragmentary and problematic text, exploration of narrative technique, relation to Menippean satire and recently discovered Greek novel papyri, and realism. On Apuleius, the collection includes pieces on narrative and ideological unity, relation to religion and Platonism, exploration of narrative technique, relation to epic and to the Greek ass stories, to folk-tale, and historical realism. A reflection of the period of rapid expansion of scholarly interest in the area of the ancient novel this book combines the best of current international scholarly interpretation. Zusammenfassung This book presents a new and exciting selection of significant articles on the Roman novels of Apuleius and Petronius. Some of the papers are for the first time available in translation from the original German and Italian. The introduction by Stephen Harrison surveys the scholarly work that has been done on the texts since 1900. All Latin and Greek quotations are rendered anew into English. Inhaltsverzeichnis Harrison: Twentieth-century scholarship on the Roman Novel Zeitlin: Petronius as Paradox: Anarchy and Artistic Integrity Beck: Some Observations on the Narrative Technique of Petronius Astbury: Petronius, P. Oxy. 3010, and Menippean Satire Rosati: Trimalchio on the Stage Petersmann: Environment, Linguistic Situation and Levels of Style in Petronius Barchiesi: Traces of Greek Novels and the Roman Novels Wlosok: On the Unity of Apuleius Tatum: The Tales in Apuleius Metamorphoses Smith: The Narrative Voice in Apuleius Metamorphoses Mason: Fabula Graecanica: Apuleius and his Greek Sources Van der Paardt: The Unmasked T: Apuleius Millar: The World of the Golden Ass De Filippo: Curiositas and the Platonism of Apuleius Golden Ass Finkelpearl: Psyche, Aeneas and an Ass: Apuleius ...
