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cool review, and it's nice that you can just download the book here
Fun book to read and interesting insight into Roman life.
Yes. Except for Juvenal, I don't remember any other Roman work that gives such a vivid picture of the rich variety of Roman life.
St.Augustine's Confessions ,also.The dying Roman Empire.
I love that your reviews are so succinct yet informative and engaging!
Lovely review Bill.
Pity we don't see more of you in shakespearefans!
Thanks for the good word. I'm sure I'll pop in from time to time. I've been busy lately, grading exams.
Where do you work Bill? If you don't mind my asking?
I don't work--unless you count singing lead on occasion with a blues/swing band. I retired last year after 34 years of teaching high school English in the Columbus Catholic Diocese.
how about you?
I recall a few pp of this in Latin--not easy, maybe a bit colloquial. Then G Bruno wrote a couple books on asini.
The content of your reviews are always very well loaded. Very concise and always pack a punch. Thanks for the review bill.
Traveller wrote: "I love that your reviews are so succinct yet informative and engaging!"
Definitely, they say the absolute most with the fewest words possible.
W.T. wrote: "Traveller wrote: "I love that your reviews are so succinct yet informative and engaging!"
Definitely, they say the absolute most with the fewest words possible."
Thank you. That is a great compliment!
There are a crap-ton of translations of this. It appears you read the Jack Lindsay. Where does that place on the chronological scale and on the contemporary readability and raciness-quotient scale? The dusty old Adlington seems to be the "free" one out there and on Gutenberg, and it seems joyless to me. I'm avoiding it. Robert Graves gets a lot of kudos for being somewhat up to date and readable. I think the issue of translations needs to be brought up when discussing this work, if for no other reason than to help people figure out which one may be the best to read.
Evan wrote: "I think the issue of translations needs to be brought up when discussing this work, if for no other reason than to help people figure out which one may be the best to read. "
I agree with you in theory, but don't really know enough, either about Latin or about all the translations, to make a judgment. I found the Lindsay to be perfectly satisfactory, though, and agree that the Aldington is stuffy and rather boring. I haven't seen the Graves, but I deliberately avoid his translation of this because he seems to be a bit of a crackpot on the subject of "The Goddess," and I felt there was much in this work which would be just too tempting for a hobbyist of matriarchal religion, and might therefore lead to an unbalanced tone. But, like I said, I've never even looked at the Graves, so my hunch may be completely unjust.
If you remember the old toga movies from the '50's--the ones where all the Romans are played by Brits and all the Jews and Christians by Americans
This actually happened!? LOL
Mizuki wrote: "If you remember the old toga movies from the '50's--the ones where all the Romans are played by Brits and all the Jews and Christians by Americans
This actually happened!? LOL"
Yes. "Ben Hur" with Charlton Heston is a good example. That way the Biblical epics are replays of the American Revolutionary War.
Bill wrote: "Yes. "Ben Hur" with Charlton Heston is a good example. That way the Biblical epics are replays of the American Revolutionary War. ."
HAHAHHA!!! I'm laughing myself silly right now. LOL
Excellent review Bill....I haven't thought of The Golden Ass for what seems like an eternity....Have to read it again.....
Thanks, Bill. And like Sylvia Plath and Robert Lowell, modern America can never sweep Sexton under the carpet for long, no matter how much it would like to. "Hypocrite lecteur, mon semblable - mon frere," she seems to say to us. Can we afford to ignore her?
Bill, did you know that a podcast on this novel mentions you? About 6 minutes in (delete the space before "com"): creators.spotify. com/pod/profile/hermitix/episodes/The-Golden-Ass-by-Apuleius-Book-Review-e2l13bm
Yules wrote: "Bill, did you know that a podcast on this novel mentions you? About 6 minutes in (delete the space before "com"): creators.spotify. com/pod/profile/hermitix/episodes/The-Golden-Ass-by-Apuleius-Book..."
Wasn't aware of this. Thanks for letting me know! Hope they liked my review!
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Fun book to read and interesting insight into Roman life.
Yes. Except for Juvenal, I don't remember any other Roman work that gives such a vivid picture of the rich variety of Roman life.
St.Augustine's Confessions ,also.The dying Roman Empire.
I love that your reviews are so succinct yet informative and engaging!
Lovely review Bill.Pity we don't see more of you in shakespearefans!
Thanks for the good word. I'm sure I'll pop in from time to time. I've been busy lately, grading exams.
Where do you work Bill? If you don't mind my asking?
I don't work--unless you count singing lead on occasion with a blues/swing band. I retired last year after 34 years of teaching high school English in the Columbus Catholic Diocese.how about you?
I recall a few pp of this in Latin--not easy, maybe a bit colloquial. Then G Bruno wrote a couple books on asini.
The content of your reviews are always very well loaded. Very concise and always pack a punch. Thanks for the review bill.
Traveller wrote: "I love that your reviews are so succinct yet informative and engaging!"Definitely, they say the absolute most with the fewest words possible.
W.T. wrote: "Traveller wrote: "I love that your reviews are so succinct yet informative and engaging!"Definitely, they say the absolute most with the fewest words possible."
Thank you. That is a great compliment!
There are a crap-ton of translations of this. It appears you read the Jack Lindsay. Where does that place on the chronological scale and on the contemporary readability and raciness-quotient scale? The dusty old Adlington seems to be the "free" one out there and on Gutenberg, and it seems joyless to me. I'm avoiding it. Robert Graves gets a lot of kudos for being somewhat up to date and readable. I think the issue of translations needs to be brought up when discussing this work, if for no other reason than to help people figure out which one may be the best to read.
Evan wrote: "I think the issue of translations needs to be brought up when discussing this work, if for no other reason than to help people figure out which one may be the best to read. "I agree with you in theory, but don't really know enough, either about Latin or about all the translations, to make a judgment. I found the Lindsay to be perfectly satisfactory, though, and agree that the Aldington is stuffy and rather boring. I haven't seen the Graves, but I deliberately avoid his translation of this because he seems to be a bit of a crackpot on the subject of "The Goddess," and I felt there was much in this work which would be just too tempting for a hobbyist of matriarchal religion, and might therefore lead to an unbalanced tone. But, like I said, I've never even looked at the Graves, so my hunch may be completely unjust.
If you remember the old toga movies from the '50's--the ones where all the Romans are played by Brits and all the Jews and Christians by AmericansThis actually happened!? LOL
Mizuki wrote: "If you remember the old toga movies from the '50's--the ones where all the Romans are played by Brits and all the Jews and Christians by AmericansThis actually happened!? LOL"
Yes. "Ben Hur" with Charlton Heston is a good example. That way the Biblical epics are replays of the American Revolutionary War.
Bill wrote: "Yes. "Ben Hur" with Charlton Heston is a good example. That way the Biblical epics are replays of the American Revolutionary War. ."HAHAHHA!!! I'm laughing myself silly right now. LOL
Excellent review Bill....I haven't thought of The Golden Ass for what seems like an eternity....Have to read it again.....
Thanks, Bill. And like Sylvia Plath and Robert Lowell, modern America can never sweep Sexton under the carpet for long, no matter how much it would like to. "Hypocrite lecteur, mon semblable - mon frere," she seems to say to us. Can we afford to ignore her?
Bill, did you know that a podcast on this novel mentions you? About 6 minutes in (delete the space before "com"): creators.spotify. com/pod/profile/hermitix/episodes/The-Golden-Ass-by-Apuleius-Book-Review-e2l13bm
Yules wrote: "Bill, did you know that a podcast on this novel mentions you? About 6 minutes in (delete the space before "com"): creators.spotify. com/pod/profile/hermitix/episodes/The-Golden-Ass-by-Apuleius-Book..."Wasn't aware of this. Thanks for letting me know! Hope they liked my review!