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The Tale of Cupid and Psyche

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Description for The Tale of Cupid and Psyche Paperback. Is "Cupid and Psyche" a romance, a folktale, a Platonic allegory of the nature of the soul, a Jungian tale of individuation, or an archetypal dream? This book provides a translation of this best known section of "Apuleius' Golden Ass". Translator(s): Relihan, Joel C. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.

Is Cupid and Psyche a romance, a folktale, a Platonic allegory of the nature of the soul, a Jungian tale of individuation, or an archetypal dream? This volume provides Joel Relihan's lively translation of this best known section of Apuleius' Golden Ass, some useful and illustrative parallels, and an engaging discussion of what to make of this classic story.

Product Details

Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
121 g
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872209725
SKU
V9780872209725
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About Apuleius
Joel C. Relihan is Professor of Classics, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. In addition to Apuleius' The Golden Ass, he has translated Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy for Hackett Publishing Company.

Reviews for The Tale of Cupid and Psyche
"Joel Relihan's playful and exuberant translation of Apuleius' Golden Ass has already won admiration for its ability to give an English-reading audience some sense of what it's like to experience this often astonishing writer in the original Latin. By presenting The Tale of Cupid and Psyche with its narrative frame and by supplementing it with key passages from other writers, ... Read more

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