In Search of the Sorcerer's Apprentice - The Traditional Tales of Lucian's "Lover of Lies" (Hardcover)

In "Search of the Sorcerer's Apprentice" is the first book in English to be devoted to Lucian's "Philopseudes or Lover of Lies" (ca. 170s AD). It comprises an extensive discussion, with full translation, on this engaging and satirical Greek text with its ten tales of magic and ghosts. One of these is the famous story of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", and this conveys the flavour of the rest. In other tales a plague of snakes is blasted with a miraculous scorching breath, a woman is drawn to her admirer by an animated cupid doll, and a haunted house is cleansed of its monstrous ghost. The Philopseudes stands at the intersection of three of the liveliest fields in the study of antiquity: magic, traditional narratives, and the Lucianic oeuvre itself. Ogden's cross-fertilising expertise in all three of these fields enables him to build sophisticated analyses for each of the tales and to place them sensitively in their historical, cultural and literary contexts. Among the themes of the work are Lucian's methods of adapting motifs from traditional narratives, and the text's overlooked Cynic voice.

General

Imprint:	Classical Press of Wales
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2007
First published:	December 2007
Authors:	Daniel Ogden
Dimensions:	243 x 161 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-1-905125-16-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	1-905125-16-X
Barcode:	9781905125166

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