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This is the first in-depth study of Apuleius' Metamorphoses to look at the different attitudes characters adopt towards magic as a key to deciphering the complex dynamics of the entire work. The variety of responses to magic is unveiled in the narrative as the protagonist Lucius encounters an assortment of characters, either in embedded tales or in the main plot. A contextualized approach illuminates Lucius' relatively good fortune when compared to other characters in the novel - this results from his involvement with the magic of a sorcerer's apprentice, rather than that of a real witch, and signals the possibility of eventual salvation. A careful investigation of Lucius' attitude towards Isis in book 11 and his relationship with the witch-slave girl Photis earlier on suggests that the novel's final book may be read as a second "Metamorphoses", consciously rewritten from a positive perspective. Last but not least, the book also breaks new ground by examining the narrative structure of the Metamorphoses against the background of the typical plotline found in the ideal romance. The comparison shows how Apuleius both follows and alters this plot, exploiting the genre to his own specific ends, in keeping with his central theme of metamorphosis.

Magic in literature. --- Magie dans la littérature --- Apuleius. --- Apuleius -- Madaurensis. -- Metamorphoses. --- Apuleius. -- Metamorphoses. --- Apuleius. Metamorphoses. --- Witches in literature. --- Ancient Magic. --- Ancient Novel. --- Genre. --- Isis. --- Narrative. --- Apulée (0125?-0180?). Les métamorphoses --- Magie --- Dans la littérature

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Apuleius of Madauros --- Apulien --- Apulée --- Apuleius Madaurensis --- Appuleius, Lucius --- Apuleius, Lucius --- Apuleio --- Apuleyo, Lucio --- Abūliyūs, Lūkiyūs --- Apuleius, --- Apuleius Platonicus Madaurensis --- Apuleu --- אפוליאוס --- לוקיוס, אפוליאוס --- ابوليوس --- Appuleius, --- Plato --- Apuleius. --- Apuleius --- Platonismus --- HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- Apuleius - Apologia --- Apuleius - De mundo

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Apuleius’ literary and philosophical fortune has been considerable since antiquity, mostly through the reception of The Golden Ass. The aim of this collection of essays is to highlight a few major aspects of this afterlife, from the High Middle Ages to early Romanticism, in the fields of literature, linguistics and philology, within a wide geographical scope. The volume gathers the proceedings of an international conference held in March 2016 at the Warburg Institute in London, in association with the Institute of Classical Studies. It includes both diachronic overviews and specific case-studies. A first series of papers focuses on The Golden Ass and its historical and geographical diffusion, from High Medieval Europe to early modern Mexico. The oriental connections of the book are also taken into account. The second part of the book examines the textual and visual destiny of Psyche’s story from the Apuleian fabula to allegorical retellings, in poetical or philosophical books and on stage. As the third series of essays indicates, the fortunes of the book led many ancient and early modern writers and translators to use it as a canonical model for reflections about the status of fiction. It also became, mostly around the beginning of the fifteenth century, a major linguistic and stylistic reference for lexicographers and neo-Latin writers : the last papers of the book deal with Renaissance polemics about ‘Apuleianism’ and the role of editors and commentators.

Apuleius --- Apuleius. --- Apuleius Barbarus --- Apulejus, Lucius --- Lucio Apuleio --- Apuleyo de Madauros --- Apulien --- Apulée --- Apuleius Madaurensis --- Appuleius, Lucius --- Apuleius, Lucius --- Apuleio --- Apuleyo, Lucio --- Abūliyūs, Lūkiyūs --- Apuleius, --- Apuleius Platonicus Madaurensis --- Apuleu --- אפוליאוס --- לוקיוס, אפוליאוס --- ابوليوس --- Appuleius, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Influence --- Appuleius --- Classical history / classical civilisation --- latin --- platonist --- roman empire --- athens --- asia minor --- cults --- magic --- golden ass

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HauptbeschreibungCurrent interpretations of Apuleius' 'Golden Ass' cover the entire spectrum from a religious autobiography to an incongruous collection of titillating stories. The goal of this book is to explain the extraordinary polyphony of Apuleius' novel as a product of the 2nd century CE context, in which elite culture (philosophy and sophistic oratory) and popular entertainment not only share the same venues and appeal to the same audiences but also engage in active exchange of subject matter and histrionic techniques. The book argues that Apuleius' narrative represents a mos

Comic, The, in literature. --- Role playing in literature. --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Classical drama (Comedy) --- Comique dans la littérature --- Jeu de rôle dans la littérature --- Narration --- Comédie classique --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Apuleius. --- Comic, The, in literature --- Role playing in literature --- History and criticism --- Apuleius --- Criticism and interpretation --- Comique dans la littérature --- Jeu de rôle dans la littérature --- Comédie classique --- Narrative (Rhetoric) --- Narrative writing --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric) --- Apulien --- Apulée --- Apuleius Madaurensis --- Appuleius, Lucius --- Apuleius, Lucius --- Apuleio --- Apuleyo, Lucio --- Abūliyūs, Lūkiyūs --- Apuleius, --- Apuleius Platonicus Madaurensis --- Apuleu --- אפוליאוס --- לוקיוס, אפוליאוס --- ابوليوس --- Appuleius, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Apuleius Barbarus --- Apulejus, Lucius --- Lucio Apuleio --- Apuleyo de Madauros --- Appuleius --- Classical drama (Comedy) - History and criticism --- Apuleius - Metamorphoses --- Apuleius - Criticism and interpretation