TY - BOOK ID - 7930963 TI - Characterisation in Apuleius' Metamorphoses : nine studies PY - 2015 SN - 9781443875332 1443875333 9781443884006 1443884006 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Characters and characteristics in literature. KW - Characters and characteristics. KW - Apuleius. KW - Apuleius KW - Apuleius, KW - Characters. KW - Metamorphoses (Apuleius) KW - Metamorphoses (Apuleius). KW - Characters and characteristics in literature KW - Character sketches KW - Characterization (Literature) KW - Literary characters KW - Literary portraits KW - Portraits, Literary KW - History and criticism KW - Apuleius Barbarus KW - Apulejus, Lucius KW - Lucio Apuleio KW - Apuleyo de Madauros KW - Apulien KW - Apulée KW - Apuleius Madaurensis KW - Appuleius, Lucius KW - Apuleius, Lucius KW - Apuleio KW - Apuleyo, Lucio KW - Abūliyūs, Lūkiyūs KW - Apuleius Platonicus Madaurensis KW - Apuleu KW - אפוליאוס KW - לוקיוס, אפוליאוס KW - ابوليوس KW - Appuleius, KW - Appuleius KW - L. Apuleii Madaurensis Metamorphoseos libri XI (Apuleius) KW - Metamorphoseos libri XI (Apuleius) KW - Asinus aureus (Apuleius) KW - L. Apuleii Madaurensis philosophi Platonici Metamorphoseos (Apuleius) KW - De asino aureo (Apuleius) KW - Apulei Platonici Madaurensis Metamorphoseon libri XI (Apuleius) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7930963 AB - This is the first volume dedicated to the topic of characterisation in Apuleius' Metamorphoses, the Latin novel from the second century CE. The subject has not been ignored in recent scholarship on individual characters in the work, but the lack of an earlier general overview of the topic reflects the general history of scholarship on the Metamorphoses. Literature on Apuleius' novel until the 1960's centred around the issue of his general literary quality, and some key scholars held distinctly low estimates of Apuleius' talents. Since 1970, most critics have seen Apuleius as a conscious and eff ER -