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9780415147217

Latin Fiction

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415147217

  • ISBN10:

    0415147212

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-07-08
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Presents a comprehensive and innovative study of the development of the novel and the continuity of Latin culture. The contributors discuss various aspects and problems of the Latin novel while providing the reader with a synoptic treatment of the most important works of fiction from the first to the sixth century A.D. Among the texts explored are: Petronius,SatyricaandCena Trimalchionis, The History of Apollonius of Tyre, and Medieval interpretations of Cupid and Pysche, Apollonius of Tyre and the Alexander Romance.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors vii
Preface xi
Introduction 1(20)
Heinz Hofmann
PART 1 Petronius 21(58)
Petronius and the Satyrica
23(15)
Gareth Schmeling
The Cena Trimalchionis
38(14)
John Bodel
The novella in Petronius
52(12)
Graham Anderson
Rereading the Arbiter: arbitrium and verse in the Satyrica and in `Petronius redivivus'
64(15)
Catherine Connors
PART 2 Apuleius 79(60)
Apuleius' Golden Ass: from Miletus to Egypt
81(22)
Gerald N. Sandy
The Metamorphoses of Apuleius and its Greek sources
103(10)
Hugh J. Mason
Apuleius' Metamorphoses; the inserted tales
113(13)
Nancy Shumate
The Tale of Cupid and Psyche
126(13)
Gerald N. Sandy
PART 3 Apollonius King of Tyre 139(14)
The History of Apollonius King of Tyre
141(12)
Gareth Schmeling
PART 4 History and Romance, Saints and Martyrs 153(60)
News from the past: Dictys and Dares on the Trojan War
155(12)
Stefan Merkle
The Latin Alexander
167(20)
Richard Stoneman
Hagiographic fiction as entertainment
187(26)
Gerlinde Huber-Rebenich
Richard Stoneman
PART 5 The Heritage of Latin Fiction 213(56)
Towards a history of the exegesis of Apuleius: the case of the `Tale of Cupid and Psyche'
215(14)
Claudio Moreschini
Coco Stevenson
Apolonius of Tyre in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
229(9)
Elizabeth Archibald
The medieval Alexander
238(15)
Richard Stoneman
The rediscovery of the Latin novels
253(16)
Robert H.F. Carver
Index 269

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