ABSTRACT

Latin Fiction provides a chronological study of the Roman novel from the Classical period to the Middle Ages, exploring the development of the novel and the continuity of Latin culture. Essays by eminent and international contributors discuss texts including:

* Petronius, Satyrica and Cena Trimalchionis
* Apuleius, Metamorphose(The Golden Ass) and The Tale of Cupid and Psyche
* The History of Apollonius of Tyre
* The Trojan tales of Dares Phrygius and Dictys Cretensis
* The Latin Alexander
* Hagiographic fiction
* Medieval interpretations of Cupid and Pysche, Apollonius of Tyre and the Alexander Romance.

For any student or scholar of Latin fiction, or literary history, this will definitely be a book to add to your reading list.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

part |48 pages

Petronius

chapter |12 pages

Rereading the Arbiter

Arbitrium and verse in the Satyrica and in ‘Petronius redivivus'

part |51 pages

Apuleius

chapter |19 pages

Apuleius' Golden Ass

From Miletus to Egypt

chapter |11 pages

Apuleius' Metamorphoses

The inserted tales

part |12 pages

Apollonius King of Tyre

part |50 pages

History and Romance, Saints and Martyrs

chapter |10 pages

News from the Past

Dictys and Dares on the Trojan War

part |49 pages

The Heritage of Latin Fiction