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"This volume examines Apuleius' comic donkey novel, The Golden Ass, within the context of the popular beliefs and Jewish and Christian writings that were part of the intellectual culture of his own day in 2nd century C.E. North Africa, a culture which can also be glimpsed in some early Arabic writings. The novel was written against a cultural and religious background in which the donkey had various connotations, both positive and negative, but tended to be admired in Jewish, Christian, and later, in Muslim writings. Smith explores the influence of such popular opinions on The Golden Ass and how Apuleius presented Isis and Osiris as desirable alternatives to the claims of both Christianity and magic, offering hope of spiritual renewal partly modelled on contemporary religious apocalyptic literature. Complemented by images of contemporary art, including amulets and terra cotta figures, this volume gives readers a better understanding of how Apuleius, ostensibly a Platonist and member of the Roman establishment, could maintain an intellectual independence in a North African milieu while still drawing on hope in the salvation of the gods. Religion and Apuleius' Golden Ass provides a fascinating new approach to this much disputed novel, of interest not only to students and scholars of Apuleius and Roman literature, but also scholars interested in Christian and Jewish literature and beliefs of the early centuries of the first millennium C.E"--

Religion and literature. --- Apuleius. --- Religion and literature --- Literature --- Literature and religion --- Moral and religious aspects --- Apuleius Madaurensis, Lucius

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The 16th-century humanist Juan Maldonado in his Latin essays foreshadows the Spanish picaresque. Like Erasmus, with whom he corresponded,Maldonado advocated the use of Latin in a wide-range of activities. Maldonado's Pastor Bonus, a lengthy open letter to a bishop, reviews in a vivid and satirical style the abuses of the churchmen in his diocese. His ludus chartarum is framed as a colloquium similar to Vives' on the subject, entertaining while teaching a Latin terminology for card playing. His Bacchanalia, written for student actors, is a spirited play pitting the forces of Lent against those

Latin literature, Medieval and modern --- Picaresque literature, Spanish --- History and criticism. --- Maldonado, Juan, --- Maldonado, Juan --- Academic collection --- 2 MALDONATUS, JOANNES --- 2 MALDONATUS, JOANNES Godsdienst. Theologie--MALDONATUS, JOANNES --- Godsdienst. Theologie--MALDONATUS, JOANNES --- Littérature latine médiévale et moderne --- Littérature picaresque espagnole --- Histoire et critique --- History and criticism --- Maldonat, Joan, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Latin literature, Medieval and modern - History and criticism. --- Picaresque literature, Spanish - History and criticism. --- Maldonado, Juan, - ca. 1485-1554. --- Maldonado, Juan, - ca. 1485-1554. - Ludus Chartarum. --- Maldonado, Juan, - ca. 1485-1554. - Pastor Bonus. --- Maldonado, Juan, - ca. 1485-1554. - Bacchanalia.

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