Witches, Isis and Narrative. Approches to Magic in Apuleius' 'Metamorphoses'. - FRANGOULIDIS, St.,
approaches to magic in Apuleius' Metamorphoses
KORTE INHOUD
'Four out of nine chapters are revised versions of conference papers published previously. Neither these not the other five chapters seem parts of of a planned whole. Rather than a monograph, we here have a collection of individual small studies loosely revolving around a basic idea. It is a pity that this idea is never put forward in the way of a leading hypothesis. Still, from F.'s frequent recurrence to his underlying assumptions it becomes clear enough that essentially he regards the 'Metamorphoses' as a narrative about black magic, associated with withces and 'with-like' figures, versus white magic (equalling religion), associated with Isis - hence the title. (...) It may be appreciated that F. adds a further nuance to the moralistic reading of the 'Metamorphoses' by pointing us to a deep structure of magic versus religion. (...) But (...) F. does not make any effort to set the 'Metamorphoses' in the intellectual context of Apuleius' oeuvre and hist time (... ) and he turns a blind eye to this fact in hi...
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Berlin / New York, 2008. XIII,255p. Hard bound. Nice copy. Series: Trends in Classics, Volume 2. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: FRANGOULIDIS, St.,] [Uitgever: Walter de Gruyter] [Jaar: 2008] [Titel: Witches, Isis and Narrative. Approches to Magic in Apuleius' 'Metamorphoses'.]
