The Fortunes of Apuleius and the Golden Ass: A Study in Transmission and Reception

The Fortunes of Apuleius and the Golden Ass: A Study in Transmission and Reception
ISBN-10
0691131368
ISBN-13
9780691131368
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
406
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Author
Julia Haig Gaisser

Description

Julia Haig Gaisser traces the transmission and reception of one of the most influential novels in Western literature - 'The Golden Ass'. The novel tells of a young man changed into an ass by magic and his bawdy adventures and narrow escapes before the goddess Iris changed him back again.

Other editions

Similar books