The fortunes of Apuleius and the Golden Ass:a study in transmission and reception
Saved in:
Main Authors: | |
---|---|
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. |