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The Fortunes of Apuleius and the "golden Ass": A Study in Transmission and Reception Hardcover - 2008
by Julia Haig Gaisser
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"Donkeys get little enough respect, and to have been made the subject of a comic novel has done little for their reputation or for that of the author, Apuleius. Julia Haig Gaisser follows Apuleius and his donkey through a journey of many centuries--a journey as remarkable as the one recounted in the novel. She is wise, witty, learned, and sharp-eyed: the perfect guide."--James J. O'Donnell, Georgetown University
"This is a terrific book. Julia Gaisser follows the fortunes of the Roman sophist Apuleius and his masterpiece, the Golden Ass, in the centuries after the author's death. Through a richly learned and imaginative inquiry, she shows us how the text itself survived, first in manuscript and then in print, how scholars tried to understand it, and how it sparked the curiosity and creativity of philosophers, imaginative writers, and artists working in radically different times and contexts. Meticulous in its scholarship, interdisciplinary in its method, and encyclopedic in its erudition, this study can serve as a model for anyone tracing the afterlife of an ancient or modern author."--Anthony T. Grafton, Princeton University
"Gaisser undertakes a comprehensive review of the fortunes of Apuleius' famous Latin novel about a man who is transformed into a donkey. She deploys with elegance and wit her research on the reception of this work from antiquity to the renaissance. Her attention to visual representations of Apuleian episodes is particularly welcome."--Glen W. Bowersock, professor emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study
"This is a superb piece of scholarship that will energize the readership of the Golden Ass. It gathers and analyzes information that has been hidden for decades in a labyrinth of German, French, and Italian manuscripts, libraries, and journals. It will transform what kind of readings we can perform on the Golden Ass by providing a rich and accurate source for reception theory and intertextual studies."--Benjamin Lee, Oberlin College
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- Title The Fortunes of Apuleius and the "golden Ass": A Study in Transmission and Reception
- Author Julia Haig Gaisser
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 408
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
- Date 2008
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780691131368 / 0691131368
- Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.2 in (23.62 x 15.49 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Latin wit and humor - History and criticism, Latin fiction - History and criticism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007020949
- Dewey Decimal Code 873.009
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- Reference and Research Bk News, 05/01/2008, Page 300
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Princeton. 2008. Princeton University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780691131368. 20 color illus. 6 halftones. 404 pages. hardcover. keywords: Classicla Studies Roman Literature Translated. FROM THE PUBLISHER - This book traces the transmission and reception of one of the most influential novels in Western literature. The Golden Ass, the only ancient Roman novel to survive in its entirety, tells of a young man changed into an ass by magic and his bawdy adventures and narrow escapes before the goddess Isis changes him back again. Its centerpiece is the famous story of Cupid and Psyche. Julia Gaisser follows Apuleius' racy tale from antiquity through the sixteenth century, tracing its journey from roll to codex in fourth-century Rome, into the medieval library of Monte Cassino, into the hands of Italian humanists, into print, and, finally, over the Alps and into translation in Spanish, French, German, and English. She demonstrates that the novel's reception was linked…
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