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

Author/Creator:

Gaisser, Julia Haig.

Other Title:

Fortunes of Apuleius & the Golden Ass

Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.

Series:

Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered). New series.
Martin classical lectures

Format/Description:

Book
xiii, 365 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Apuleius. Metamorphoses.
Latin fiction -- History and criticism.
Latin wit and humor -- History and criticism.

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:

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

ISBN:

0691131368 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780691131368 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

137246017

Online:

Table of contents only
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0718/2007020949.html

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