Summary
This bawdy novel from Ancient Rome is given new significance by renowned Australian philosopher Peter Singer. Peter Singer has breathed new life into Apuleius’s The Golden Ass - a hilarious, bawdy tale and one of the earliest novels.
Apuleius’s The Golden Ass, one of a handful of surviving ancient novels, has remained relatively unknown - until now. Renowned philosopher and animal rights activist Peter Singer remedies this neglect with a new edited version of the rollicking s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922458063 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922458066 |
| Author: | Apuleius |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 222g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 127mm x 196mm |
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Apuleius
Apuleius (124-170 CE) was a Roman novelist, philosopher, and rhetorician.
Peter Singer, an Australian philosopher, is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Ethics in the Real World and The Most Good You Can Do. Singer divides his time between Princeton and Melbourne.
Prominent Apuleius scholar Ellen Finkelpearl is the Helen Chandler Garland Professor of Ancient Studies at Scripps College, California.
Twin sisters Anna and Varvara Kendel studied at the Stieglitz Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, where they live. They have illustrated more than seven books and won prizes at international art competitions.
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