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Does the story of Lucius, a curious and lustful young man who is magically transformed into an ass, have anything to teach us today? Does it have a serious, philosophical and religious meaning, or is it just a form of literary play, full of adventures, magic, sex, violence, and religion? This volume studies the reception of the novel in the last hundred years, showing also the most promising and diverse research perspectives for the future. Apuleius claimed that a philosopher must possess a mirror; perhaps, his novel is a mirror for us to look into.

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Author:   Mateusz Stróżyński
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   26
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9789004695832

ISBN 10:   9004695834
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   29 August 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction: Lucius’ Wandering into the New Millennium  Mateusz Stróżyński Part 1: The Sun at Midnight 1 The Ineffable and the Arcane in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses  Nicholas Banner 2 Apuleius’ Metamorphoses: a Jungian Perspective  Jakub Handszu 3 Shame and Glory: C.S. Lewis and the Tale of Cupid and Psyche  Douglas Hedley Part 2: Divine Comedy 4 Humour and Satire in Book Eleven of The Golden Ass  Warren S. Smith 5 The Divine Joke: C.S. Lewis and The Golden Ass  Mateusz Stróżyński Part 3: Weaving Together Different Tales 6 Lucius’ Games of Politeness  Łukasz Berger 7 The Reception of Apuleius in Italian Theatre and Cinema  Andrea Musio 8 Au hasard, Apuleius? The Uses of The Golden Ass in the Twenty-First Century Novel and Cinema  Mateusz Stróżyński Conclusion: Quiring to the Young-Eyed Cherubins  Mateusz Stróżyński Index

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Mateusz Stróżyński is Associate Professor in the Institute of Classical Philology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. He is the co-editor, with J.Fiećko, of Adam Mickiewicz, Metaphysical Poems (Brill, 2023) and the author of Plotinus on the Contemplation of the Intelligible World: Faces of Being and Mirrors of Intellect (Cambridge University Press, 2024). He is also founding editor of the online journal Antigone. Contributors are Nicholas Banner, Jakub Handszu, Douglas Hedley, Warren S. Smith, Mateusz Stróżyński, Łukasz Berger, Andrea Musio.

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