{"product_id":"discourse-knowledge-and-power-in-apuleius-metamorphoses-9780472133055","title":"Discourse Knowledge and Power in Apuleius","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents a new approach to the \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e: this is the first in-depth investigation of the use of speech and discourse as tools of characterization in Apuleius' novel. The book argues that discourse is the primary tool for negotiating identity, status, and power in the \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Cultural and Discursive Contexts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApuleius and the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage and Meaning in the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApproaches to Discourse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApuleius’ Manipulation of Discourse in the \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis Book\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Discourse from the Margins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Priests of the Syrian Goddess: Ancient Evidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Priests in the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eOnos\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bandits: Ancient Evidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Robbers’ Rhetoric\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bandits’ Betrayal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: Elite Discourse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of Thelyphron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Festival of Laughter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wise Physician\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarkers of Truth\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Asinine Discourse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Impressions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLucius’ First Master: Milo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsinine Strategies of Communication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Feminine Discourse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eByrrhena\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Corinthian Matron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIsis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Silence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCuriosity, Garrulity, and Silence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnheeded Warnings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMagical Initiation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Ass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Tale of Cupid and Psyche\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilence and Revelation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: The Novel as Discourse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModels of Reading\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Prologue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Asinine Narrator and the Characterized Fictive Reader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Narrator’s Control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Man from Madauros\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Passages Cited\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"LUP - University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037190652247,"sku":"9780472133055","price":64.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472133055.jpg?v=1750934722","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/discourse-knowledge-and-power-in-apuleius-metamorphoses-9780472133055","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}