A Companion to the Prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses [Hardcover]

The Prologue of Apuleius' innovative novel, theMetamorphoses(orGolden Ass), has captivated readers and scholars from the Renaissance to the present day. This volume contains a new text and translation of the Prologue and a wide range of essays which highlight its importance for students of Classical literature and modern literary theory.

Introduction
1. The Prologue to Appuleius'Metamorphoses: Text, Translation, and Textual Commentary,S. J. Harrison (with M. Winterbottom)
2. Cola and Clausulae in to Apuleius'Metamorphoses1.1,R. G. M. Nisbet
3. Some Linguistic Points in the Prologue,J. Powell
4. Apuleius' Prologue and the Anxieties of Philosophers,M. Trapp
5. Reflections of the African Character of Apuleius,M. Edwards
6. The Hiding Author: Context and Implication,S. Swain
7.Argutia Nilotici Calami: A Theocritean Reed,B. Gibson
8. Apuleius and Persius,E. Gowers
9. Apuleius and Luke: Prologue and Epilogue in Conversion Contexts,W. Smith
10. Prologue and Provenance:Quis Ille?orUnde Ille?, K. Clarke
11. Why Isthmos Ephyrea?,D. Innes
12. Prologic, Predecessors and Prohibitions,K. Dowden
13. Fiction and History in Apuleius' Milesian Prologue,A. Bitel
14. The Prologues of the Greek Novels and Apuleius,J. Morgan
15.Quis Ille?: The Role of the Prologue in ApuleiusMetamorphoses.,R. Carver
16. Losing the Author's Voice: Cultural and Personal Identities in theMetamorphoses.,Yun Lee Too
17. In Ya (Pre)face,J. Henderson
18. The Prologue as a Pseudo-Dialogue and the Identity of Its Main Speaker,I. de Jong
19. The Horizons of Reading,N. W. Slater
20. Writing with Style: The Prologue to Apuleius'Metamorphosesbetweenfingierte M?ndlichkeitand Textuality,