The fortunes of Apuleius and the Golden Ass:a study in transmission and reception

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gaisser Julia Haig
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Martin classical lectures
Subjects:
Item Description: Metamorphoses.
Carrier Form: xiii, 365 p.: ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780691131368 (hardback : alk. paper)
0691131368 (hardback : alk. paper)
Index Number: I106
CLC: I106.4
Call Number: I106.4/G144
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-353) and indexes.
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.