The fortunes of Apuleius and the Golden Ass : a study in transmission and reception / Julia Haig Gaisser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaisser, Julia Haig.

Series:

Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered). New series.

Martin classical lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apuleius. Metamorphoses.

Apuleius.

Latin fiction--History and criticism.

Latin fiction.

Latin wit and humor--History and criticism.

Latin wit and humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 365 p. ) ill. (chiefly col.) ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "The Fortunes of Apuleius and the Golden Ass".

Contents:

Apuleius : a celebrity and his image

Exemplary behavior : the Golden Ass from late antiquity to the prehumanists

A mixed reception : interpreting and illuminating the Golden Ass in the fourteenth century

Making an impression : from Florence to Rome and from manuscript to print

Telling tales : the Golden Ass in Ferrara and Mantua

Apuleius redux : Filippo Beroaldo comments on the Golden Ass

Speaking in tongues : translations of the Golden Ass

The fortunes of Apuleius and the Golden Ass.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-353) and indexes.

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OCLC:

889235667

Publisher Number:

2027/heb31912 hdl