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The Resource The metamorphosis of Apuleius : Cupid and Psyche, Beauty and the beast, King Kong, Pasquale Accardo

The metamorphosis of Apuleius : Cupid and Psyche, Beauty and the beast, King Kong, Pasquale Accardo

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Summary
"The Metamorphosis of Apuleius traces two millennia of changes in the major inserted tale in the second century Metamorphoses (or Golden Ass), the only classical Latin novel to survive in a complete text. This most charming "Tale of Cupid and Psyche" was both popular in its own day and became the subject of allegorical intepretation into the Dark Ages. However, it became lost in the Middle Ages, probably in part because of the parent novel's fairly explicit eroticism and militant paganism (not counting its possible anti-Christian jibes). Resurfacing in the Renaissance from a single surviving manuscript, it again became the subject of allegorization and spawned a large number of translations and adaptations which have continued up to the present day, with C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces being only one of the more notable recent retellings."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
323 pages
Contents
  • 5.
  • The Beast Goes to the Movies
  • 6.
  • Happily Ever After
  • App. 1.
  • Ni Amor se libra de amor
  • App. 2.
  • The First Fairy Tale: A Retelling
  • 1.
  • The Life of Apuleius
  • 2.
  • The Metamorphoses of Apuleius
  • 3.
  • The Tale of Cupid and Psyche
  • 4.
  • Three French Versions of Beauty and the Beast
Isbn
9780838639238
Instance
Label
The metamorphosis of Apuleius : Cupid and Psyche, Beauty and the beast, King Kong
Title
The metamorphosis of Apuleius
Title remainder
Cupid and Psyche, Beauty and the beast, King Kong
Statement of responsibility
Pasquale Accardo
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"The Metamorphosis of Apuleius traces two millennia of changes in the major inserted tale in the second century Metamorphoses (or Golden Ass), the only classical Latin novel to survive in a complete text. This most charming "Tale of Cupid and Psyche" was both popular in its own day and became the subject of allegorical intepretation into the Dark Ages. However, it became lost in the Middle Ages, probably in part because of the parent novel's fairly explicit eroticism and militant paganism (not counting its possible anti-Christian jibes). Resurfacing in the Renaissance from a single surviving manuscript, it again became the subject of allegorization and spawned a large number of translations and adaptations which have continued up to the present day, with C.S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces being only one of the more notable recent retellings."--Jacket
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Accardo, Pasquale J
Index
index present
LC call number
PA6217
LC item number
.A25 2002
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Apuleius
  • Apuleius
  • Apuleius
  • Apulée
  • Apulée
  • Apulée
  • Apuleius
  • Fairy tales
  • Psyche (Greek deity) in literature
  • Eros (Greek deity) in literature
  • King Kong (Fictitious character)
  • Beauty and the beast (Tale)
  • Monsters in literature
  • Contes de fées
  • Psyché (Divinité grecque) dans la littérature
  • Éros (Divinité grecque) dans la littérature
  • King Kong (Personnage fictif)
  • Belle et la bête (Mythe)
  • Monstres dans la littérature
  • Beauty and the beast (Tale)
  • Eros (Greek deity) in literature
  • Fairy tales
  • King Kong (Fictitious character)
  • Literature
  • Monsters in literature
  • Psyche (Greek deity) in literature
  • Amor en psyche (Apuleius)
  • Receptie
Label
The metamorphosis of Apuleius : Cupid and Psyche, Beauty and the beast, King Kong, Pasquale Accardo
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-319) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 5.
  • The Beast Goes to the Movies
  • 6.
  • Happily Ever After
  • App. 1.
  • Ni Amor se libra de amor
  • App. 2.
  • The First Fairy Tale: A Retelling
  • 1.
  • The Life of Apuleius
  • 2.
  • The Metamorphoses of Apuleius
  • 3.
  • The Tale of Cupid and Psyche
  • 4.
  • Three French Versions of Beauty and the Beast
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
323 pages
Isbn
9780838639238
Lccn
2001040670
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)47717935
  • (OCoLC)ocm47717935
Label
The metamorphosis of Apuleius : Cupid and Psyche, Beauty and the beast, King Kong, Pasquale Accardo
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-319) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 5.
  • The Beast Goes to the Movies
  • 6.
  • Happily Ever After
  • App. 1.
  • Ni Amor se libra de amor
  • App. 2.
  • The First Fairy Tale: A Retelling
  • 1.
  • The Life of Apuleius
  • 2.
  • The Metamorphoses of Apuleius
  • 3.
  • The Tale of Cupid and Psyche
  • 4.
  • Three French Versions of Beauty and the Beast
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
323 pages
Isbn
9780838639238
Lccn
2001040670
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)47717935
  • (OCoLC)ocm47717935

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