{"product_id":"apuleius-madaurensis-metamorphoses-book-iii-9789004470361","title":"Apuleius Madaurensis. Metamorphoses, Book III","description":"Adventure, sex, magic, robbery, and dramatic declamatory displays play a central role in the plot of Apuleius’ \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e III. This volume completes the prestigious \u003ci\u003eGroningen Commentaries on Apuleius\u003c\/i\u003e series, which is available in its entirety as a digital resource as well: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/apo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eApuleius Online\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. This volume on book III presents a new text of \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e III provided with an English translation and a full commentary, which covers literary, linguistic, textual, narratological, and socio-cultural matters. The introduction casts new light on many aspects of Apuleius’ novel, including its relationship with its lost Greek model, with the Greek love novels and with other genres (epic, poetry, declamation), Apuleius’ elaborate style, the narratological features of book III and its main themes. An appendix is devoted to the manuscript transmission of the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e: it factors in new textual evidence gathered from the first examination of several \u003ci\u003erecentiores\u003c\/i\u003e since Oudendorp (1786) and Hildebrand (1842).","brand":"Leonardo Costantini","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48273409081595,"sku":"9789004470361","price":166.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c360ef87-981c-4661-bcc1-69068b7534e8.jpg?v=1771030299","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/apuleius-madaurensis-metamorphoses-book-iii-9789004470361","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}