Apuleius and Drama: The Ass on Stage

by Regine May

Regine May discusses the use of drama as an intertext in the work of the 2nd century Latin author Apuleius, who wrote the only complete extant Latin novel, the Metamorphoses, in which a young man is turned into a donkey by magic. Apuleius uses drama, especially comedy, as a basic underlying texture, and invites his readers to use their knowledge of contemporary drama in interpreting the fate of his protagonist and the often comic or tragic situations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199202923
• ISBN13: 9780199202928
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"