Kirichenko, Alexander
A Comedy of Storytelling

Theatricality and Narrative in Apuleius’ “Golden Ass“.

The goal of this book is to explain the extraordinary polyphony of Apuleius' novel as a product of the 2nd century CE context, in which elite culture (philosophy and sophistic oratory) and popular entertainment not only share the same venues and appeal to the same audiences but also engage in active exchange of subject matter and histrionic techniques. The book argues that Apuleius’ narrative represents a mosaic of discourses each of which possesses a respectable pedigree in the world of Greco-Roman "paideia". XII,247 Seiten, gebunden (Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften; Band 127/Winter Verlag 2010)