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The Protean ass the Metamorphoses of Apuleius from antiquity to the Renaissance

Title
The Protean ass [electronic resource] : the Metamorphoses of Apuleius from antiquity to the Renaissance / Robert H. F. Carver.
Author
Carver, Robert H. F.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 545 p.)
Series Statement
Oxford classical monographs
Uniform Title
Protean ass (Online)
Alternative Title
Protean ass (Online)
Subject
  • Apuleius. Metamorphoses
  • Apuleius > Appreciation
  • Mythology, Classical, in literature
  • Metamorphosis in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-509) and indexes.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
The metamorphoses of Apuleius : from antiquity to the early Middle Ages -- Apuleius in the High Middle Ages -- Asinus redivivus : the recovery of the Golden Ass -- The inky ass : Apuleius in the age of print (1469-1500) -- The antiquarian ass : Apuleius and the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (1499) -- The academical ass : Apuleius and the northern Renaissance -- The Golden Asse of William Adlington (1566) -- After Adlington : Apuleius in England (1566-1660) -- The Arcadian ass : Sir Philip Sidney and Apuleius -- Psyche's daughter : pleasure and the Faerie Queene -- Shakespeare's Bottom and Apuleius' Ass.
LCCN
2007032482
OCLC
ssj0000089028
Author
Carver, Robert H. F.
Title
The Protean ass [electronic resource] : the Metamorphoses of Apuleius from antiquity to the Renaissance / Robert H. F. Carver.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Series
Oxford classical monographs
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-509) and indexes.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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