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The Protean Ass

- The Metamorphoses of Apuleius from Antiquity to the Renaissance

About The Protean Ass

A full account of the reception of the second-century prose fiction The Golden Ass (or Metamorphoses) of Apuleius, which has intrigued readers as diverse as St Augustine, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. Robert H. F. Carver traces readers' responses to the novel from the third to the seventeenth centuries.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780199217861
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 568
  • Published:
  • December 5, 2007
  • Dimensions:
  • 162x240x36 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 980 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: December 8, 2024

Description of The Protean Ass

A full account of the reception of the second-century prose fiction The Golden Ass (or Metamorphoses) of Apuleius, which has intrigued readers as diverse as St Augustine, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. Robert H. F. Carver traces readers' responses to the novel from the third to the seventeenth centuries.

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