Relihan uses alliteration and assonance, rhythm and rhyme, the occasional archaism, the rare neologism, and devices of punctuation and typography, to create a sparkling, luxurious, and readable translation that reproduces something of the linguistic and comic effects of the original Latin. The general Introduction is a masterpiece of clarity, orienting the reader in matters of authorship, narration, genre, religion, structure and style. A generous and browsable index, select bibliography, and maps are included.
ISBN: | 9780872208889 |
Publication date: | 15th September 2007 |
Author: | Apuleius |
Publisher: | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 328 pages |
Genres: |
Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales Classic fiction: general and literary European history: the Romans |