Using recent advances in literary theory, Winkler tackles the elusive meaning of Apuleius's The Golden Ass', especially the relationship between book and reader.
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Using recent advances in literary theory, Winkler tackles the elusive meaning of Apuleius's The Golden Ass', especially the relationship between book and reader.
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Very Good. 0520076397. Creasing to spine. Light wear to wraps. Scholars' bookplate to inner cover.; Addressed to readers of modern literature as well as to those interested in Greco-Roman literature and in religious history, Auctor and Actor examines Apuleius's The Golden Ass as an early example of self-consciousness in narrative. Entering into the spirit of the novel's crafty playfulness, John Winkler carries the reader on a journey that is, like that of the hero Lucius, both entertaining and enlightening.; 450 pages.
