Aspects of Apuleius' Golden Ass

Aspects of Apuleius' Golden Ass

Author: W.H. Keulen

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-12-23

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 9004221239

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The contributions to this volume on the Isis Book reassess current interpretations, highlight aspects of text, language, and style, and develop new lines of approach regarding the interpretation of this fascinating many-layered text, the last book of Apuleius’ famous novel.


Cupid and Psyche

Cupid and Psyche

Author: Apuleius

Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks

Published: 2021-11-07

Total Pages: 45

ISBN-13: 3986774955

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Cupid and Psyche Apuleius - Cupid and Psyche is a story from the Latin novel Metamorphoses, also known as The Golden Ass, written in the 2nd century AD by Apuleius. It concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche (Soul or Breath of Life) and Cupid (Desire), and their ultimate union in a sacred marriage.


Aspects of Apuleius' Golden Ass

Aspects of Apuleius' Golden Ass

Author: W.H. Keulen

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-12-23

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9004224556

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This new monograph on Apuleius' Isis Book not only brings together the striking diversity of opinions that continues to enliven the discussion about Book Eleven, but also sets new trends in reading the narrative in its literary, religious, archaeological and cultural context. Through a variety of approaches, including religious studies (ancient mystery cult), textual criticism, literary analysis, Greek philosophy, and archaeology, the volume sheds new light on important aspects of Book XI, such as the relation with Plutarch’s De Iside et Osiride; aspects of Lucius’ multifarious physical self-presentation as an Isiac convert; aspects of style and language (wordplay), textual problems in relation to problems of interpretation; the role of Providence and Platonic philosophy, and numerous metaliterary and intertextual aspects.


The Golden Ass

The Golden Ass

Author: Apuleius

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2007-09-15

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 160384032X

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Relihan uses alliteration and assonance, rhythm and rhyme, the occasional archaism, the rare neologism, and devices of punctuation and typography, to create a sparkling, luxurious, and readable translation that reproduces something of the linguistic and comic effects of the original Latin. The general Introduction is a masterpiece of clarity, orienting the reader in matters of authorship, narration, genre, religion, structure and style. A generous and browsable index, select bibliography, and maps are included.


The Golden Ass

The Golden Ass

Author: M. D. Usher

Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1567924182

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Lucius Apuleius, a young nobleman fascinated by magic, accidentally turns himself into an ass and then sets out on a journey that reveals to him the conditions of peasants and slaves in and around Thessaly and leads him to find redemption as a follower of Isis and Osiris.


The Golden Ass

The Golden Ass

Author: Apuleius

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 1998-05-28

Total Pages: 485

ISBN-13: 014190450X

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Written towards the end of the second century AD, The Golden Ass tells the story of the many adventures of a young man whose fascination with witchcraft leads him to be transformed into a donkey. The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner - encountering a desperate gang of robbers and being forced to perform lewd 'human' tricks on stage - until the Goddess Isis finally breaks the spell and Lucius is initiated into her cult. Apuleius' enchanting story has inspired generations of writers such as Boccaccio, Shakespeare, Cervantes and Keats with its dazzling combination of allegory, satire, bawdiness and sheer exuberance, and remains the most continuously and accessibly amusing book to have survived from Classical antiquity.


The Transformations of Lucius

The Transformations of Lucius

Author: Apuleius

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1951

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0374505322

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"The story follows Lucius, a young man of good birth, as he disports himself in the cities and along the roads of Thessaly. This is a wonderful tale abounding in lusty incident, curious adventure and bawdy wit." -- Google Books viewed January 11, 2021.


The Golden Ass of Apuleius

The Golden Ass of Apuleius

Author: Marie-Louise von Franz

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2017-09-12

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0834840820

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"Today there is much discussion of the liberation of women," writes Marie-Louise von Franz, "but it is sometimes overlooked that this can only succeed if there is a change in men as well. Just as women have to overcome the patriarchal tyrant in their own souls, men have to liberate and differentiate their inner femininity. Only then will a better relationship of the sexes be possible." It is this timely theme that Dr. von Franz explores in her psychological study of a classic work of the second century, The Golden Ass by Apuleius of Madaura. The novel recounts the adventures of a young Roman who is transformed into an ass and eventually finds spiritual renewal through initiation into the Isis mysteries. With its many tales within a tale (including the celebrated story of Psyche and Eros), the text as interpreted by Dr. von Franz is a rich source of insights, anecdotes, and scholarly amplification.


Apuleius' Invisible Ass

Apuleius' Invisible Ass

Author: Geoffrey C. Benson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-05-09

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1108475558

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Argues that invisibility is a central motif in Apuleius' Metamorphoses, presenting a new interpretation of this Latin masterpiece.