商品簡介
Scholars explore various aspects of what its Roman author Apuleius (125-85 AD) called Metamorphoses but modern readers usually call The Golden Ass. It tells of a man turned into an ass by magic gone wrong, who eventually regains human form with the help of Isis. It is widely believed that the story reveals rites that were intended to remain secret among worshipers of Isis. Among the topics are whether the gleaming pate of the Pastophorus is masquerade or embodied lifestyle, narrative subversion and religious satire, allegory's fate and Isis' providence, geography and direction, and the main character Lucius becoming the author Apuleius. Most of the 11 papers are from a 2008 symposium in Rostock, Germany. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Wytse Keulen teaches Latin at Rostock University. He published a commentary on Apuleius’ Metamorphoses Book I (2007) and a monograph on Gellius (Brill 2009). With an international team of Apuleian scholars, he prepares a new commentary on the Isis Book.Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser is professor of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Gottingen. She presented a monograph on Apuleius' Isis Book (2000) and is a member of the research group that works on a commentary on book 11.Contributors are: Maaike Zimmerman, Lara Nicolini, Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser, Stephen Harrison, Luca Graverini, Friedemann Drews, Stefan Tilg, Ken Dowden, Luc Van der Stockt, Ellen Finkelpearl, and Warren Smith.
