| Apuleius' Platonism: The Impersonation of Philosophy Contributor(s): Fletcher, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1107659116 ISBN-13: 9781107659117 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 873.01 |
| Series: Cambridge Classical Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.85 lbs) 332 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Apuleius of Madauros, writing in the latter half of the second century CE in Roman North Africa, is best known to us today for his Latin fiction, the Metamorphoses aka The Golden Ass, about a man who turned into a donkey and back again. However, he was also a Platonic philosopher, who, even though many of his writings are lost, wrote a range of rhetorical and philosophical works which survive to this day. This book examines these works to reveal how Apuleius' Platonism is a result of his 'impersonation of philosophy', that is, a rhetorically powerful methodological tool that allows him to 'speak' on behalf of Plato and his philosophy. This book is the first exploration of the full scope of his idiosyncratic brand of Platonism across his multifarious literary corpus and is a major contribution to the study of the dynamic between literature and philosophy in antiquity and beyond. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fletcher, Richard: - Richard Fletcher is Associate Professor in the Department of Classics at Ohio State University. |