Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Gaisser, Julia Haig

Publication

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.

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Details

Description

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

Series Statement

Martin classical lectures

Uniform Title

Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered). New series.

Subject

• Apuleius. Metamorphoses
• Latin fiction > History and criticism
• Latin wit and humor > History and criticism

Bibliography (note)

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

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.

Call Number

JFE 08-1191

ISBN

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

LCCN

2007020949

OCLC

137246017

Author

Gaisser, Julia Haig.

Title

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

Imprint

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.

Series

Martin classical lectures

Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered). New series.

Bibliography

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

Connect to:

Table of contents only

Research Call Number

JFE 08-1191