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9780415147224

Latin Fiction

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415147224

  • ISBN10:

    0415147220

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2004-08-13
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Latin Fiction provides a chronological study of the Roman novel from the Classical period to the Middle Ages, exploring the development of the novel and the continuity of Latin culture. Essays by eminent and international contributors discuss texts including:* Petronius, Satyrica and Cena Trimalchionis* Apuleius, Metamorphose(The Golden Ass) and The Tale of Cupid and Psyche* The History of Apollonius of Tyre* The Trojan tales of Dares Phrygius and Dictys Cretensis* The Latin Alexander* Hagiographic fiction* Medieval interpretations of Cupid and Pysche , Apollonius of Tyre and the Alexander Romance .For any student or scholar of Latin fiction, or literary history, this will definitely be a book to add to your reading list.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors vii
Preface xi
Introduction 1(20)
HEINZ HOFMANN
PART 1 Petronius 21(58)
1 Petronius and the Satyrica
23(15)
GARETH SCHMELING
2 The Cena Trimalchionis
38(14)
JOHN BODEL
3 The novella in Petronius
52(12)
GRAHAM ANDERSON
4 Rereading the Arbiter: arbitrium and verse in the Satyrica and in 'Petronius redivivus'
64(17)
CATHERINE CONNORS
PART 2 Apuleius 79(60)
5 Apuleius' Golden Ass: from Miletus to Egypt
81(22)
GERALD N. SANDY
6 The Metamorphoses of Apuleius and its Greek sources
103(10)
HUGH J. MASON
7 Apuleius' Metamorphoses: the inserted tales
113(13)
NANCY SHUMATE
8 The Tale of Cupid and Psyche
126(15)
GERALD N. SANDY
PART 3 Apollonius King of Tyre 139(14)
9 The History of Apollonius King of Tyre
141(12)
GARETH SCHMELING
PART 4 History and Romance, Saints and Martyrs 153(60)
10 News from the past: Dictys and Dares on the Trojan War
155(12)
STEFAN MERKLE
11 The Latin Alexander
167(20)
RICHARD STONEMAN
12 Hagiographic fiction as entertainment
187(26)
GERLINDE HUBER-REBENICH (TRANSLATED BY RICHARD STONEMAN)
PART 5 The Heritage of Latin Fiction 213(56)
13 Towards a history of the exegesis of Apuleius: the case of the 'Tale of Cupid and Psyche'
215(14)
CLAUDIO MORESCHINI (TRANSLATED BY COCO STEVENSON)
14 Apollonius of Tyre in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
229(9)
ELIZABETH ARCHIBALD
15 The medieval Alexander
238(15)
RICHARD STONEMAN
16 The rediscovery of the Latin novels
253(16)
ROBERT H.F. CARVER
Index 269

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