Apuleius Invisible Ass
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Apuleius' Invisible Ass
Author: Geoffrey C. Benson
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2019-05-09
Argues that invisibility is a central motif in Apuleius' Metamorphoses, presenting a new interpretation of this Latin masterpiece.
Apuleius' Invisible Ass
Author: Geoffrey C. Benson
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2019-05-09
Apuleius' Metamorphoses (or The Golden Ass), a masterpiece of Latin literature from the second century AD, still captivates modern readers with its combination of asininity and mysticism. In the novel, a young man named Lucius tells how he accidentally turns into a donkey and then describes how he regains human form with the help of the Egyptian goddess Isis, into whose cult he is initiated. This book argues that invisibility is one of the central motifs in the Metamorphoses and, in the process, presents a new interpretation of Apuleius' novel as a visionary, esoteric text. It contributes both to the study of the subtle relationship between literature and Platonic philosophy and to the cultural history of invisibility in classical antiquity and beyond.
The Invisible Ass: A Reading of Apuleius' "Metamorphoses".
Modern criticism of Apuleius' Metamorphoses (or The Golden Ass) continues to reveal the richness of this narrative, but it has not yet considered a complex of themes that Apuleius has put at the heart of the novel. This dissertation argues that the Metamorphoses has a special interest in invisibility and absence. The Invisible Ass explores why the Metamorphoses is so interested in these themes and what bearing they have on the controversies about the Metamorphoses' ending and tone.