{"product_id":"petronius-and-the-anatomy-of-fiction-9780521037013","title":"Petronius and the Anatomy of Fiction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsually seen just as an index of the 'low' genre of Petronius' Satyricon, corporeality is here explored as a metaphor and it is argued that, on the level of imagery, the text can be read as a unified whole rather than as an episodic jumble.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'… succeeds in drawing from a wide range of both primary source material and recent secondary scholarship in its fashioning of an innovative critical interpretation of the Petronian text … Rimell is in full command of both her subject matter and her thesis.' Journal of the Classical Association of Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: corporealities; 1. Rhetorical red herrings; 2. Behind the scenes; 3. The beast within; 4. From the horse's mouth; 5. Bella intestina; 6. Regurgitating Polyphemus; 7. Scars of knowledge; 8. How to eat Virgil; 9. Ghost stories; 10. Decomposing rhythms; 11. Conclusion: licence and labyrinths; Appendices; Bibliography; Index of passages discussed; Index of subjects.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767577674071,"sku":"9780521037013","price":36.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521037013.jpg?v=1758713854","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/petronius-and-the-anatomy-of-fiction-9780521037013","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}