Description: The Prologue of Apuleius' innovative novel, the Metamorphoses (or Golden Ass), has captivated readers and scholars from the Renaissance to the present day. This volume contains a new text and translation of the Prologue and a wide range of essays which highlight its importance for students of Classical literature and modern literary theory.
Review Quotes: "This book of 325 pages...is given over to only the first 119 words of Apuleius' Metamorphoses in twenty-four essays by some of the best Classicists of this generation."--Religious Studies Review