The Golden Ass (Norton Library) - Softcover

Apuleius

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393428915 ISBN 13: 9780393428919

Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

The Norton Library edition of The Golden Ass features a new, captivating translation by Ellen Finkelpearl. Finkelpearl provides an engaging introduction that historically contextualizes the translation and its author, as well as targeted notes that clarify ancient allusions for a new generation of readers.

The Norton Library is a growing collection of high-quality texts and translations—influential works of literature and philosophy—introduced and edited by leading scholars. Norton Library editions prepare readers for their first encounter with the works that they’ll re-read over a lifetime.

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Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Apuleius (124–170 CE) was an African novelist, philosopher, and rhetorician.

Ellen Finkelpearl is the Helen Chandler Garland Professor of Ancient Studies at Scripps College, and a scholar of Apuleius.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0393428915
• ISBN 13: 9780393428919
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
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