Lusus iste
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- ISBN 9780761826729
- Weight: 880g
- Dimensions: 144 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 03 Nov 2003
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Metamorphoses of Apuleius is a sophisticated literary creation, complex and often perplexing. It continues to elicit widely varying critical comment about both its substance and its style. The prologue to Metamorphoses ends with an exhortation and a promise Lector intende; laetaberis (pay attention, reader; you'll be glad). This monograph, Lusus iste: Apuleius' Metamorphoses, continues the critical game in which Apuleuis invites us to be co-players. It presents further observations of a reader who finds delight in the verbal entertainment, lusus, which Apuleius provides, not simply in the story he tells but also in its complex design and verbal texture.
Judith K. Krabbe is Adjunct Professor, Classical Studies, Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi.
