
The Golden Ass
Translation by P. G. Walsh
Apuleius(Author)
Oxford Paperbacks (Publisher)
Published on 1. May 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
332 pages
978-0-19-283888-9 (ISBN)
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Description
The Goden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only work of fiction in Latin to have survives on its entirety. It tells the story of Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic result in his transformation into an ass. After suffering a series of trials and humiliations, he is ultimately transformed back into human shape by the kindness of the Goddess Isis. Blending romantic adventure, fable, and religious testament, The Golden Ass is one of the truly seminal books of European literature, of intrinsic interest as a novel in its own right, and one of the earliest examples of the picaresque. This new translation is at once faithful to the meaning of the Latin, whilst reproducing all the exuberant gaiety of the original.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
1 Karte
1 map
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-283888-9 (9780192838889)
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