Lucius Finally Hits the Anglophone Stage: Robertson Davies’ Operatic Golden Ass and the Reunification of Apuleius’ Asinus Aureus
2021 ◽
Vol 18
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pp. 215-245
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The theatrical reception of Apuleius’ Asinus Aureus has largely been limited to the story of Cupid and Psyche because an adaptation of the entire novel challenges writers to “solve” the “problems” Apuleius puts before the reader, most of which involve the unity of the narrative. Canadian novelist Robertson Davies’ libretto for the posthumously produced The Golden Ass (1999) is the first attempt in English to present the entire novel onstage (and the first opera), and tries to solve the problems presented by Apuleius in a distinctly twentieth-century way, combining a life of reading and writing about the novel with the influence of Carl Jung and Robert Graves.
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2018 ◽
2021 ◽
Vol 20
(2)
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pp. 301-324
2019 ◽
Vol 26
(1)
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pp. 219-244
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2021 ◽
Vol 34
(2)
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pp. 133-150
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