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

Author:: Gaisser, Julia Haig
Published:: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2008]
Copyright Date:: ©2008
Physical Description:: xiii, 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

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Series:

Martin classical lectures (Unnumbered). New series

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.

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ISBN:

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

Bibliography Note:

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

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