CL 451: Apuleius/Metamorphoses                                       Spring 2006
Class meets: Tuesdays/Thursdays 2:00-3:20p.

Prof. Zsuzsanna Várhelyi                        
Office: STH 404, @ 745 Comm. Ave.                  Tel.: 617-353-4029
Office hours: T 1-2, R 11-1, and by appointment.

Course description
A Classic of literature, whose influence ranges from Boccaccio’s Decameron to Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses, the Metamorphoses of Apuleius has been seen as many things: a tale of animal transformation and lust; a story of religious conversion; a mythic allegory of love with its famous love story of Cupid and Psyche; and a highly elaborate (tragi?)comedy of human life. Come to this class to read the original and figure out your own version.

Grading
In class activities: 40%
-Preparation and participation in classes: 30% of your final grade.
Being present, excelling in in-class translations, contributing to discussions.
-Class presentations: 10% of your final grade.
In class, you will be asked to present and intelligently engage with the views of two recent articles/book chapters on the Metamorphoses.
Writing assignments: 30%
Paper I: Genre essay 10% (due 2/23)
Ca. 500 words. “Reading novels:” Compare the Metamorphoses to a literary work in some aspect descending from it – or to any novel in contemporary literature. Think authorship, “message”, entertainment, etc.
Paper II: Research paper 20% (due 3/23 and 4/20)
Ca. 1000 words in a variety of possible formats: interpretative essay, historical context analysis, textual commentary.
Exams: 30%
Three hour-long exams (not cumulative).
Exam I: Book I / The life and work of Apuleius; genre questions
Exam II: Cupid and Psyche episode / Philosophy and literature
Exam III: Book XI / Interpreting the Metamorphoses
◊ Discussions with the instructor. It is a good idea to plan to come see me at least once during the semester to talk about the course and your experience.
◊ Attendance policy: You need to attend class to be able to complete this course. More than three unexcused absences will result in a lower final grade. Note also the CAS policy on incompletes: this is an extreme option available only in special cases.
◊ Plagiarism and cheating: The Academic Conduct Code (in your Student Handbook, also available in CAS 105) defines what qualifies as cheating and plagiarism. We shall discuss in class how you can avoid cheating and develop a writing style of your own.

Required textbooks (available at Barnes and Noble on Kenmore Square):
Note: Please bring the appropriate volume of reading to class.
-Apuleius, Metamorphoses Book 1 (Bolchazy-Carducci 2001), ISBN: 0865164843
-Apuleius, Cupid and Psyche (Cambridge UP 1990), ISBN: 0521278139
-Apuleius, The Golden Ass (2 vols., Harvard UP 1989), ISBN: 0674990498 & 0674994981
(For Book XI, I will make a commentary available in the library.)
Schedule of classes

I. Apuleius and the (Roman) novel
1/17 Introduction: Apuleius and the Roman novel
1/19 Read: 1.1-1.4

1/24 Read: 1.5-1.10
1/26 Read: 1.11-1.16

1/31 Read: 1.17-1.21; all of Metamorphoses in English
2/2 Read: 1.22-1.26

2/7 FIRST EXAM: covering Book 1, as well as Apuleius, Meta. and genre questions

II. The Cupid and Psyche episode: philosophy and literature
2/9 Read: 4.28-4.31

2/14 Read: 4.32-5.1
2/16 Read: 5.2-5.6

2/21 no class, BU on Monday schedule
2/23 Read: 5.7-5.12.2 -- Genre essay due

2/28 Read: 5.12.3-5.18.3
3/2 Read: 5.18.3-5.23

3/14 Read: 5.24-5.28
3/16 Read: 5.29-6.3.2

3/21 Read: 6.3.3-6.9
3/23 Read: 6.10-6.14 –- Submit topic of research paper with tentative outline

3/28 Read: 6.15-6.19
3/30 Read: 6.20-6.24

4/4 SECOND EXAM: covering the Cupid and Psyche episode

III. Book XI: religious conversion and entertainment
4/6 Read: 11.1-11.4

4/11 Read: 11.5-11.8
4/13 Read: 11.9-11.13

4/18 Read: 11.14-11.19
4/20 Read: 11.20-11.25 –- Research paper due

4/25 Read: 11.26-11.30
4/27 Concluding thoughts

5/2 9 a.m. (as scheduled) THIRD EXAM: Book 11 and its interpretations

Bibliography for presentations

I. Apuleius and the (Roman) novel; Book I

-Cooper, G. 1980. "Sexual and ethical reversal in Apuleius. the Metamorphoses as anti-epic," in C. Deroux, ed., Studies in Latin literature and Roman history 2, 436-66.

-Hall, E.  1995.  ‘The Ass with Double Vision: Politicising an Ancient Greek Novel’.  In D. Margolies and M. Ioannou, eds., Heart of the Heartless World (London) 47-59. 

-Harrison, S.J. "The Milesian Tale and the Roman Novel," GCN 9 (1998) 61-73.

-Laird, A. 1990. "Person, `persona' and representation in Apuleius's Metamorphoses," MD 25, 129-64.

-Scobie, A. "The structure of Apuleius' Metamorphoses," in Aspects, 43-61.

-Trapp, M.P. 2001, “On Tickling the Ears: Apuleius’ Proglogue and the Anxieties of Philosophers”, in: Kahane, Laird 2001, 39-46.

-Walsh, P.G. 1970, “’Nachleben’: The Roman novel and the rebirth of the picaresque”, in id., The Roman Novel, 224-243.

-Winkler, Ch. 6: The Duplicities of Auctor/Actor

-Winkler, Ch. 7: The Prologue as Conundrum

-Winkler, Ch. 9: Parody Lost and Regained (ass-tales)

-Zimmerman, M. 2001. Quis ille … lector: Addressee(s) in the prologue and throughout the Metamorphoses, in: Kahane, Laird 2001, 245-255.

II. The Cupid and Psyche episode: philosophy and literature

deFilippo, J. 1990.  ‘Curiositas and the Platonism of Apuleius' Golden Ass’.  American Journal of Philology 111: 471-92.

Finkelpearl, E. 1990. “Psyche, Aeneas, and an Ass: Apuleius, Metamorphoses 6.10-6.21,” in TAPA 120, 333-348. (= Harrison 1999, 291-306)

Gollnick, J. 1999a. “The Eros and Psyche Myth: Psychological Interpretations”, in: id., The religious dreamworld of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, 81-106.

Gollnick, J. 1999b. “The Eros and Psyche Myth: An Archetypal Dream”, in: id., The religious dreamworld of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, 107-126.

Heller, S.  1983.  ‘Apuleius, Platonic Dualism, and Eleven’.  American Journal of Philology 104: 321-39.

Katz, P.B. 1976. "The myth of Psyche," Arethusa 9, 111-18.

Kenney, E. J. 1990.  ‘Psyche and her Mysterious Husband’.  In D. A. Russell, ed., Antonine Literature (Oxford) 175-98. 

Sandy, G.N. 1999. “The Tale of Cupid and Psyche,” in: Hoffman 1999, 126-138.

Schlam, C. C.  1970.  ‘Platonica in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius’.  Transactions of the American Philological Association 101: 477-87.

Schlam, C.C. 1976. Cupid and Psyche: Apuleius and the monuments. University Park.

Schlam, C.C. 1978. "Sex and sanctity: The relationship of male and female in the Metamorphoses," in Aspects, 95-104.

Tatum, J. 1969. “The Tales in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses”, TAPA 100, 487-527.

III. Book XI: religious conversion and entertainment

Bradley, K.  1998.  ‘Contending with Conversion: Reflection on the Reformation of Lucius the Ass’.  Phoenix 52: 315-334. 

Gollnick, J. 1999c. “Lucius’ Religious Experience”, in: id., The religious dreamworld of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, 127-152.

Harrison, S. J.  2000-2001.  ‘Apuleius, Aelius Aristides and Religious Autobiography’.  Ancient Narrative 1: 245-259.

Van der Paardt, R.T. 1999. “The Unmasked ‘I’: Apuleius, Met. 11.27,” in: Harrison 237-246.

Winkler, Ch. 8: The Text Questions, the Reader Answers

Winkler, Ch. 10: Isis and Aesop

Wlosok, A. 1969 = 1999. “On the Unity of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses”, in: Harrison 1999, 142-156.

GENERAL WORKS to be aware of and consult

-J.G. Griffiths (ed., tr., comm.), Apuleius of Madauros, The Isis-Book. Leiden 1975. (with commentary to Book XI)
-S.J. Harrison (ed.), Oxford Readings in the Roman Novel. Oxford 1999.
-S. J. Harrison, Apuleius. A Latin Sophist. Oxford 2000.
-H. Hofmann, Latin fiction. The Latin novel in context. London 1999.
-A. Kahane and A. Laird, eds, A Companion to the Prologue to Apuleius Metamorphoses(Oxford 2000).
-J. J. Winkler, Auctor & Actor: A narratological reading of Apuleius's The Golden Ass. Berkeley 1985.

COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY (cf. http://classics.rutgers.edu/apuleius_metam_biblio.htm)
The ancient novel
G. Anderson, Eros Sophistes. Ancient novelists at play, Chico 1982.
- - - - - Ancient fiction. The novel in the Greco-Roman world, London 1984.
T. Hägg, The novel in antiquity, Berkeley 1983.
A. Heiserman, The novel before the novel, Chicago 1977.
G. Schmeling, ed, The Novel in the Ancient World (Mnemosyne Suppl. 159), Leiden-New York-Cologne 1996.
A. Scobie, Aspects of the ancient romance and its heritage, Meisenheim 1969.
- - - - - More aspects of the ancient romance and its heritage, Meisenheim 1973.
S. A. Stephens and J. J. Winkler, eds., Ancient Greek novels: the fragments, Princeton 1995.
J. Tatum and G. M. Vernazza, eds., The ancient novel: classical paradigms and modern perspectives (ICAN 2), Hanover 1990.
J. Tatum, ed., The Search for the Ancient Novel, Baltimore 1994.
S. Trenkner, The Greek novella in the classical period, Cambridge 1958.
P. G. Walsh, The Roman novel, Cambridge 1970.

Apuleius
ANRW II 34.2 (1994)
B. Clarke, Allegories of Writing. The Subject of Metamorphosis, Albany 1995.
E. D. Finkelpearl, Metamorphosis of language in Apuleius. A study of allusion in the novel, Ann Arbor 1998.
E. H. Haight, Apuleius and his influence, New York 1927.
- - - - - Essays on ancient fiction, New York 1936.
D. M. Harris, Body and text in Apuleius's The golden ass and Richardson's Pamela, diss. Toronto 1998.
B. L. Hijmans and R. T. van der Paardt, eds., Aspects of Apuleius' Golden Ass, Groningen 1978.
B. L. Hijmans and V. Schmidt, eds., S(ymposium) A(puleianum) G(roninganum), Groningen 1981.
F. E. Hoevels, Märchen und Magie in den Metamorphosen des Apuleius von Madaura, Amsterdam 1979.
P. James, Unity in diversity. A study of Apuleius' Metamorphoses, Hildesheim 1987.
G. N. Sandy, The Greek world of Apuleius: Apuleius and the Second Sophistic, Leiden 1997.
C. C. Schlam, The Metamorphoses of Apuleius. On making an ass of oneself, Chapel Hill 1992.
N. Shumate, Crisis and conversion in Apuleius' Metamorphoses, Ann Arbor 1996.
J. H. Tatum, Apuleius and `The Golden Ass', Ithaca 1979.
M. L. von Franz, A psychological interpretation of the Golden Ass of Apuleius, 2nd ed., Irving 1980.
C. G. Weiss, Literary turns: the representation of conversion in Aelius Aristides' Hieroi logoi and Apuleius' Metamorphoses, diss. Yale 1998.
C. S. Wright and J. B. Holloway eds., Tales within tales. Apuleius through time. Essays in honor of Professor emeritus Richard J. Schoeck, New York 2000.
--G. Anderson Graham, "Popular and Sophisticated in the Ancient Novel," in: G. Schmeling, ed The Novel in the Ancient World, Leiden-New York-cologne, Brill 1996 (Mnemosyne, Suppl. 159): 107-113.
C. Barrett, "The Marriages of Charites and Psyche in the Context of Apuleius' Metamorphoses" CB 70 (1994) 73-88.
G. Bechtle, "The Adultery Tales in the Ninth Book of Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Hermes 123 (1995) 106-16.
R. Beck, "Mystery Religions, Aretalogy and the Ancient Novel," in G. Schmeling, ed, The Novel in the Ancient World (Mnemosyne, Suppl. 159), Leiden-New York-Cologne 1996: 131-150.
B. Brotherton, "The introduction of characters by name in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius," CP 29 (1934) 36-52.
G. Cherpack, "Ideas and prose fiction in antiquity," CLS 11 (1974) 185-203.
B. Clarke, "Daemonic Anatomy: Embarrassment and Theft in Apuleius's The Golden Ass," Mosaic 21 (1988) 13-23.
R. de Smet, "The erotic adventures of Lucius and Photis in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Latomus 46 (1987) 613-23.
K. Dowden, "The Roman Audience of the Golden Ass," in J. Tatum, ed., The Search for the Ancient Novel, Baltimore 1994: 419-434.
- - - - - "The Unity of Apuleius' Eighth Book and the danger of beasts," GCN 5 (1993) 91-109.
G. Drake, "Candidus. A unifying theme in Apuleius's Metamorphoses," CJ 64 (1968) 102-109.
- - - - - "Lucius' business in the Metamorphoses ofApuleius," Papers on Lang. & Lit. 45 (1969) 339-61.
- - - - - "The ghost story in the Golden Ass by Apuleius," Papers on Lang. & Lit.13 (1977) 3-15.
- - - - - "Apuleius' tales within tales in The Golden Ass," in C. S. Wright and J. B. Holloway eds., Tales within tales 2000: 3-27.
J. Englert and T. Long, "Functions of hair in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," CJ 68 (1973) 236-39.
S. A. Frangoulidis, "Vergil's tale of the Trojan horse in Apuleius' robber-tale of Thrasyleon," PP 46 (1991) 95-111.
- - - - - "Epic Inversion in Apuleius' Tale of Tlepolemus/Haemus," Mnemosyne 45 (1992) 60.
- - - - - "Charite's Literary Models: Vergil's Dido and Homer's Odysseus," in C. Deroux ed., Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History 6 (1992): 445-450.
- - - - - "Self-Imitation in Apuleius' Tales of Tlepolemus/Haemus and Thrasyleon," Mnemosyne 47 (1994) 337ff.
- - - - - "The wedding imagery in Apuleius' tale of Tlepolemus/Haemus," A&R 41 (1996) 196-202.
- - - - - "Intratextuality in Apuleius' Metamorphoses" CB 73 (1997) 15-21.
R. W. Garson, "The faces of love in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," MusAfr 6 (1977/78) 37-42.
G. N. Ginsburg, "Rhetoric and representation in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius," Arethusa 10 (1977) 49-61.
C. Grottanelli, "The Ancient Novel and Biblical Narrative," QUCC 56 (1987) 7-34.
S. J. Harrison, "Some Odyssean scenes in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," MD 25 (1990) 193-201.
- - - - - "Apuleius' Metamorphoses," in G. Schmeling ed., The Novel in the Ancient World 1996: 491-516.
- - - - - "From epic to novel: Apuleius' Metamorphoses and Vergil's Aeneid," MD 39 (1997) 53-73.
J. R. Heath, "Narration and nutrition in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Ramus 11 (1982) 57-77.
R. Heine, "Picaresque novel versus allegory," in Aspects, 25-42.
B. L. Hijmans, "Significant names and their function in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," in Aspects, 107-22.
- - - - - "Apuleius, Philosophus Platonicus," ANRW II 36.1 (1987) 395-475.
R. W. Hooper, "Structural unity in the Golden Ass," Latomus 44 (1985) 398-401.
N. Horsfall, "Allecto and natura: a pattern of allusion in Apuleius," LCM 7 (1982) 41.
F. Jones, "Punishment and the dual plan of the world in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius," LCM 20 (1995) 13-19.
- - - - - "Fiction, Bewilderment and Story Worlds: the Implication of Claims to Truth in Apuleius," in C. Gill and T. P. Wiseman eds., Lies and Fiction in the Ancient World, Exeter 1993: 147-74.
- - - - - "Description and divinity in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," GCN 8 (1997) 59-85.
D. Lateiner, "Marriage and the return of spouses in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," CJ 95 (2000) 313-32.
V. Lev Kenaan, "Fabula anilis: the literal as a feminine sense," in C. Deroux, ed., Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History 10, Latomus 254 (2000) 370-91.
S. Lilja, "Odour sensations in the Roman novel," Arctos 7 (1972) 31-45.
L. A. MacKay, "The sin of the Golden Ass," Arion 4 (1965) 474-80.
H. Maehler, "Lucius the donkey and Roman law," Museum Philologicum Londiniense 4 (1981) 161-177.
D. Martinez, "Magic in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," in C. S. Wright and J. B. Holloway eds., Tales within tales, 2000: 29-35.
H. J. Mason, "Lucius at Corinth," Phoenix 25 (1971) 160-65.
T. D. McCreight,, "Sacrificial Ritual in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," GCN 5 (1993) 31-61.
P. Murgatroyd, "Three Apuleian openings," Latomus 56 (1997) 126-33 (on 8.15-22).
W. R. Nethercut, "Apuleius' literary art. Resonance and depth in the Metamorphoses," CJ 64 (1968) 110-19.
- - - - - "Apuleius' Metamorphoses. The journey," Agon 3 (1969) 97-134.
R. F. Newbold, "Icarus, Great Mother and Great Goddess in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Latomus 50 (1991) 400-408.
- - - - - "Patterns of Anxiety in Petronius and Apuleius," Classicum 17 (1991) 34-37.
- - - - - "Nonverbal Communication in the Satyricon and in Apuleius' Metamorphoses,"QUCC 41 (1992) 127-36.
F. Opeku, "Physiognomy in Apuleius," in C. Deroux, ed., Studies in Latin literature and Roman history 1, Brussells 1979: 467-74.
S. Papaïoannou, "Charite's rape, Psyche on the rock and the parallel function of marriage in Apuleius' «Metamorphoses »," Mnemosyne 51 (1998) 302-24.
J. L. Penwill, "Slavish pleasures and thoughtless curiosity: fall and redemption in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Ramus 4 (1975) 49-82.
- - - - - "Ambages reciprocae: reviewing Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Ramus 19 (1990) 1-25.
B. E. Perry, "The significance of the title in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," CP 18 (1923) 238.
I. D. Repath, "The naming of Thrasyllus in Apuleius' Metamorphoses" CQ 50.2 (2000) 627-30.
G. N. Sandy, "Knowledge and curiosity in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Latomus 31 (1972) 179-83.
- - - - - "Foreshadowing and suspense in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," CJ 68 (1972-73) 232-35.
- - - - - "Serviles voluptates in Apuleius's Metamorphoses," Phoenix 28 (1974) 234-44.
- - - - - "Apuleius' `Metamorphoses' and the Ancient Novel," ANRW II 34,2 (1994) 1511-74.
- - - - - "Apuleius' Golden Ass: from Miletus to Egypt," in H. Hofmann ed., Latin Fiction, 1999: 81-102.
C. C. Schlam, "The curiosity of the Golden Ass," CJ 64 (1968) 120-25.
- - - - - "Platonica in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius," TAPA 101 (1970) 477-87.
- - - - - "Sex and sanctity: The relationship of male and female in the Metamorphoses," in Aspects, 95-104.
- - - - - "Man and animal in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius," in SAG: 115-42.
R. Seelinger, "Spatial control. A reflection of Lucius' progress in the Metamorphoses," TAPA 116 (1986) 361-67.
N. Shumate, "The Augustinian pursuit of false values as a conversion motif in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Phoenix 42 (1988) 35-60.
- - - - - "Darkness visible: Apuleius reads Virgil," GCN 7 (1996) 103-16.
- - - - - "Apuleius' Metamorphoses: the inserted tales" in H. Hofmann, Latin Fiction, 1999: 113-25.
N. W. Slater, "Passion and petrifaction : the gaze in Apuleius," CPh 93 (1998) 18-48.
W. S. Smith, "Interlocking of theme and meaning in The Golden Ass," GCN 5 (1993) 75-89.
- - - - - "Style and Character in `The Golden Ass': `Suddenly an Opposite Appearance," ANRW II 34,2 (1994) 1575-99.
J. Tatum, "Apuleius and metamorphosis," AJP 93 (1972) 306-13.
Y. L. Too, "Statues, mirrors, gods: controlling images in Apuleius," in J. Elsner ed., Art and text in Roman culture Cambridge 1996: 133-52.
P. G. Walsh, "Lucius Madaurensis," Phoenix 22 (1968) 143-57.
- - - - - "The rights and wrongs of curiosity (Plutarch to Augustine)," G&R 35 (1988). 73-85.
A. G. Westerbrink, "Some parodies in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," in Aspects: 63-73.
A. E. Witte, "Calendar and calendar motifs in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," GCN 8 (1997) 41-58.

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE / NARRATOR
K. Dowden, "Apuleius and the art of narration," CQ 32 (1982) 419-35.
S. J. Harrison, "The speaking book: The prologue to Apuleius' Metamorphoses," CQ 40 (1990) 507-13.
B. Kenny, "The reader's role in the Golden Ass," Arethusa 7 (1974) 197-209.
C. M. Mayrhofer, "On two stories in Apuleius," (1.11-17, 2.21-30) Antichthon 9 (1975) 68-80.
P. Murgatroyd, "Embedded narrative in Apuleius' Metamorphoses 1.9-10," MH 58 (2001) 40-46.
G. N. Sandy, "Interpolated narratives in Apuleius. Listeners and readers," in SAG: 4-17.
W. S. Smith, "The narrative voice in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," TAPA 103 (1972) 513-34.
J. Svendsen, "Apuleius' The Golden Ass: The demands on the reader," Pacific Coast Philology 13 (1978) 101-7.
- - - - - "Narrative techniques in Apuleius' Golden Ass," PCP 18 (1983) 23-29.
J. Tatum, "The tales in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," TAPA 100 (1969) 487-527.
R. Th. van der Paardt, "Playing the game," GCN 1 (1988) 103-112 (on Winkler, Auctor & actor).
- - - - - "Various aspects of narrative technique in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," in Aspects: 75-94.
C. S. Wright, "`No art at all': A note on the proemium of Apuleius' Metamorphoses," CP 68 (1973) 217-219.

STYLE
B. L. Hijmans, "Asinus numerosus," in Aspects 189-209.
H. Pinkster, "The use of narrative tenses in Apuleius' Amor and Psyche," in Aspects 2:
103-111.

TEXT
K. Dowden, "Eleven notes on the text of Apuleius' Metamorphoses," CQ 30 (1980) 218-26.
J. G. Griffiths, Hermes 96 (1968) 762. (6.29.3).
S. J. Harrison, "Three notes..." CQ 38 (1988) 265-67. (5.14, 11.3, Apol. 83).
P. James, "Fool's Gold... renaming the ass," GCN 4 (1991) 155-72.
E. A, Lowe, "The unique manuscript of Apuleius' Metamorphoses (Laurentian. 68.2) and its oldest transcript 9Laurentian. 29.2)," CQ 14 (1920) 150-55.
J. Martos, "Three critical notes on the Metamorphoses of Apuleius" CQ 50.2 (2000) 625-27.
D. R. Shackleton Bailey, "On Apuleius' Metamorphoses," RhM 131 (1988) 167-77.
W. S. Watt, "Five notes on Apuleius, Cupid and Psyche," LCM 91 (1991) 140-141. [Met. 4,29,2; 5,1,3; 5,11,1f.; 5,16,2; 5,23,1]

SOURCES
S. J. Harrison, "The Milesian Tale and the Roman Novel," GCN 9 (1998) 61-73.
P. B. Katz, "The myth of Psyche," Arethusa 9 (1976) 111-18.
Mason, "Fabula Graecanica: Apuleius and his Greek sources," in Aspects, 1-15.
- - - - - "Greek and Latin Versions of the Ass-Story," ANRW II 34,2 (1994) 1665-1707.
- - - - - "The Metamorphoses of Apuleius and its Greek sources"in H. Hofmann ed., Latin Fiction, 1999: 103-112.
A. Scobie, "Ass-men in middle, central and far eastern folktales," Fabula 16 (1975) 317-323.
P. G. Walsh, "Petronius and Apuleius," in Aspects, 17-24.
- - - - - "Apuleius and Plutarch," in H. J. Blumenthal and R. A. Markus, eds., Neoplatonism and early Christian thought, London 1981: 20-32.

REALIA
G. Bowersock, Greek sophists in the Roman empire, Oxford 1969.
K. R. Bradley, "Animalizing the slave. The truth of fiction," JRS 90 (2000) 110-25.
- - - - - "Fictive families: Family and household in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius," Phoenix 54 (2000) 282-307.
G. C. Drake, "Lucius' Parents, Theseus and Salvia, in the Golden Ass,"PLL 29 (1993) 336-45.
J. Ifie and L. A. Thompson, "Rank, social status and esteem in Apuleius," MusAfr 6 (1977/78) 21-36.
C. P. Jones, "Apuleius' Metamorphoses and Lollianus' Phoinikika," Phoenix 34 (1980) 243-54.
D. E. Koutroubas, "Hypata in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Parousia 7 (1991) 363-392.
H. J. Mason, "The distinction of Lucius in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Phoenix 37 (1983) 135-43.
F. Millar, "The world of the Golden Ass," JRS 71 (1981) 63-75.
M. Ricl, "Lower classes in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," Ziva Antika. Antiquité vivante 34 (1984) 105-110.
W. Riess, Apuleius und die Räuber. Ein Beitrag zur historischen Kriminalitätsforschung. Stuttgart, 2001.
A. M. Scarcella , "The Social and Economic Structures of the Ancient Novel," in G. Schmeling ed., The Novel in the Ancient World, 1996: 221-76.
R. G. Summers, "Roman justice and Apuleius's Metamorphoses," TAPA 101 (1970) 511-31.
- - - - - "Apuleius Iuridicus," Historia 21 (1972) 120-26.
- - - - - "A note on the date of The Golden Ass," AJP 94 (1973) 375-83.
P. G. Walsh, "Was Lucius a Roman?," CJ 63 (1968) 264-65.

AMOR & PSYCHE
E. Neumann, Amor and Psyche. The psychic development of the feminine (Eng. transl.), Princeton 1956.
C. C. Schlamm, Cupid and Psyche: Apuleius and the monuments, University Park 1976.
J. Ö Swahn, The tale of Cupid and Psyche, Lund 1975.
M. Zimmerman, V. Hunink, T. D. McCreight, D. van Mal-Maeder, St. Panayotakis, V. Schmidt, B. Wesseling, Aspects of Apuleius' Golden Ass II. Cupid and Psyche. A Collection of Original Papers, Groningen 1998.
-K. Dowden, "Psyche and the Gnostics," Symp. Apul. Groning., 1981, 157-64.
- - - - - "Psyche on the rock," Latomus 41 (1982) 336-52.
- - - - - "Cupid and Psyche: A Question of the Vision of Apuleius," in Aspects 2: 1-22
M. J. Edwards, "The Tale of Cupid and Psyche," ZPE 94 (1992) 77-94.
S. A Frangoulidis, "Venus and Psyche's sisters in Apuleius' tale of Cupid and Psyche," CB 70 (1994) 67-72.
- - - - - "Contextuality in the sisters' death in Apuleius' tale of Cupid & Psyche," PP 50 (1995) 140-44.
- - - - - "Intratextuality in Apuleius' Metamorphoses," AC 66 (1997) 293-99.
- - - - - "Cui videbor veri similia dicere proferens vera? Aristomenes and the witches in Apuleius' tale of Aristomenes," CJ 94 (1999) 375-91.
P. James, "Cupid at work and at play," GCN 1 (1988) 113-121.
- - - - - "The Unbearable Lightness of Being : Levis Amor in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius," in Aspects 2: 35-49
S. Mattiacci, "Neoteric and Elegiac Echoes in the Tale of Cupid and Psyche by Apuleius"in Aspects 2: 127-49.
C. Moreschini, "Towards a history of the exegesis of Apuleius: the case of the `Tale of Cupid and Psyche'," in H. Hofmann ed., Latin Fiction 1999: 215-28.
C. C. Schlam, "Cupid and Psyche: Folktale and literary narrative," GCN 5 (1993) 63-73.
W. S. Smith, "Cupid and Psyche Tale: Mirror of the novel," in Aspects 2: 69-82.
L. S. Stabryla, "The functions of the tale of Cupid and Psyche in the structure of the Metamorphoses of Apuleius," Eos 61 (1973) 261-72.
T. Szepessy, "The story of the girl who died on the day of her wedding," AAntHung 20 (1972) 341-57.
A. Wlosok, "Amor and Cupido," HSCP 79 (1975) 165-79.
J. R. G. Wright, "Folk-tale and literary technique in Cupid and Psyche," CQ 21 (1971) 273-84.

BOOK 11 / ISIS
A-J Festugière, "Lucius and Isis," ch. 5 of Personal religion among the Greeks, Berkeley 1954.
J. Gwyn Griffiths, "Luna and Ceres, " CP 63 (1968) 143-54.
- - - - - "Isis in the Metamorphoses of Apuleius," in Aspects 141-66.
T. N. Habinek, "Lucius' rite of passage," MD 25 (1990) 49-70.
D. van Mal Maeder, `Lector intende laetaberis. The enigma of the last book of Apuleius' Metamorphoses," GCN 8 (1997) 87-18.
A. D. Nock, "The conversion of Lucius," ch. 9 of Conversion, Oxford 1933.
G. N. Sandy, "Book 11: Ballast or anchor?," in Aspects, 123-40.