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The Shadow Of An Ass

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Author : Jeffrey P. Ulrich
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2024

The Shadow Of An Ass written by Jeffrey P. Ulrich and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Drama categories.

Jeffrey Ulrich's The Shadow of an Ass addresses fundamental questions about the reception and aesthetic experience of Apuleius' Metamorphoses, popularly known as The Golden Ass, by situating the novel in a contemporaneous literary and philosophical discourse emerging in the Second Sophistic. This unique Latin novel follows a man who is accidentally turned into a donkey because of his curiosity, viewing the world through a donkey's eyes until he is returned to human form by the Egyptian goddess Isis. In the end, he chooses to become a cult initiate and priest instead of a debased and overindulgent ass. On the one hand, the novel encourages readers to take pleasure in the narrator's experiences, as he relishes food, sex, and forbidden forms of knowledge. Simultaneously, it challenges readers to reconsider their participation in the story by exposing its donkey-narrator as a failed model of heroism and philosophical investigation. Ulrich interprets the Metamorphoses as a locus of philosophical inquiry, positioning the act of reading as a choice of how much to invest in this tale of pleasurable transformation and unanticipated conversion. The Shadow of an Ass further explores how Apuleius, as a North African philosopher translating an originally Greek novel into a Latin idiolect, transforms himself into an intermediary of Platonic philosophy for his Carthaginian audience. Situating the novel in a long history of philosophical and literary conversations, Ulrich suggests that the Metamorphoses anticipates much of the philosophical burlesque we tend to associate with early modern fiction, from Don Quixote to Lewis Carroll.

The Shadow Of An Ass

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Author : Jeffrey P. Ulrich
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2024-11-06

The Shadow Of An Ass written by Jeffrey P. Ulrich and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-11-06 with Fiction categories.

Jeffrey Ulrich’s The Shadow of an Ass addresses fundamental questions about the reception and aesthetic experience of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, popularly known as The Golden Ass, by situating the novel in a contemporaneous literary and philosophical discourse emerging in the Second Sophistic. This unique Latin novel follows a man who is accidentally turned into a donkey because of his curiosity, viewing the world through a donkey’s eyes until he is returned to human form by the Egyptian goddess Isis. In the end, he chooses to become a cult initiate and priest instead of a debased and overindulgent ass. On the one hand, the novel encourages readers to take pleasure in the narrator’s experiences, as he relishes food, sex, and forbidden forms of knowledge. Simultaneously, it challenges readers to reconsider their participation in the story by exposing its donkey-narrator as a failed model of heroism and philosophical investigation. Ulrich interprets the Metamorphoses as a locus of philosophical inquiry, positioning the act of reading as a choice of how much to invest in this tale of pleasurable transformation and unanticipated conversion. The Shadow of an Ass further explores how Apuleius, as a North African philosopher translating an originally Greek novel into a Latin idiolect, transforms himself into an intermediary of Platonic philosophy for his Carthaginian audience. Situating the novel in a long history of philosophical and literary conversations, Ulrich suggests that the Metamorphoses anticipates much of the philosophical burlesque we tend to associate with early modern fiction, from Don Quixote to Lewis Carroll.

Interpreting A Classic

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Author : Craig A. Gibson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2002-08-12

Interpreting A Classic written by Craig A. Gibson and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08-12 with Fiction categories.

Gibson tells the story of how one group of ancient scholars helped their readers understand Demosthenes writings. This book translates and offers explanatory notes on all the fragments of ancient philological & historical commentaries on Demosthenes.

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Author : 陳坤田 (英語)
language : en
Publisher: 書林出版有限公司
Release Date : 2008

written by 陳坤田 (英語) and has been published by 書林出版有限公司 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Reading comprehension categories.

History Of The Abderites

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Author : Christoph Martin Wieland
language : en
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
Release Date : 1993

History Of The Abderites written by Christoph Martin Wieland and has been published by Lehigh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Fiction categories.

Each of the five divisions, or "Books," of History of the Abderites conveys a different aspect of life in Abdera, and the author allows his readers to draw whatever parallels they may perceive between what goes on in this ancient backwoods community and life in contemporary Germany.

Anti Cant

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Author : Sir Edward Robert Sullivan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885

Anti Cant written by Sir Edward Robert Sullivan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Great Britain categories.

Eighteenth Century German Prose

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Author : Ellis Shookman
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 1992-01-01

Eighteenth Century German Prose written by Ellis Shookman and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01-01 with History categories.

Foreword by Dennis F. Mahoney The German Library is a new series of the major works of German literature and thought from medieval times to the present. The volumes have forwards by internationally known writers and introductions by prominent scholars. Excerpts six texts (by La Roche, Forster, Wieland, Moritz, Heinse, and Braker) that show a cross-section of forms and themes that are representative as well as special examples of 18th-century German prose.

The Republic Of Fools

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Author : Christoph Martin Wieland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1861

The Republic Of Fools written by Christoph Martin Wieland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1861 with categories.

The Republic Of Fools

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Author : Henry Christmas
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2022-06-04

The Republic Of Fools written by Henry Christmas and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-04 with Fiction categories.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.

The Asiatic Quarterly Review

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890

The Asiatic Quarterly Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Asia categories.