Witches, Isis and Narrative :: Approaches to Magic in Apuleius' "Metamorphoses."

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 assort...

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1. Verfasser: Frangoulidis, Stavros
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2008.
Schriftenreihe:Trends in classics. Supplementary volumes.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (270 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliography and indices.
ISBN:9783110210033
3110210037
9786613397034
6613397032

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