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'''The Golden Ass''' was a book written by {{Wiki|Apuleius}}, obtained by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] in the | '''The Golden Ass''' was a book written by {{Wiki|Apuleius}}, obtained by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] in the 16thcentury in [[Constantinople]]. | ||
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Revision as of 06:01, 24 February 2012
The Golden Ass was a book written by Apuleius, obtained by Ezio Auditore da Firenze in the 16thcentury in Constantinople.
Summary
The only work of dramatic fiction written in Latin to survive intact, "The Golden Ass" - as St. Augustine named Apuleius's tale - tells the story of a man who dabbles in carelessly with magic and accidentally turns himself into a donkey. Written in what would later become known as a "picaresque" style, "The Golden Ass" has a wandering, episodic structure, a precursor to later classics like "Don Quixote" and "Tristram Shandy".