JEFFREY P. ULRICH, The Shadow of an Ass: Philosophical Choice and Aesthetical Experience in Apuleius’s Metamorphoses. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2024. Pp. xvi + 364, illus. isbn 9780472133567. £68/US85.

Key Points

• The aim is to explore the interplay between philosophical choices and aesthetic experiences in Apuleius's Metamorphoses.
• Literary analysis of Metamorphoses
• Examination of key philosophical themes
• Interpretive frameworks from aesthetics and ethics
• Identified significant connections between philosophy and aesthetics in the text
• Highlighted implications for understanding ethical choices in narrative
• Revealed the depth of Apuleius’s exploration of human experience