Tale of the fullers
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Tale of the Fullers is a short comic episode embedded in Apuleius’ *Metamorphoses*, illustrating the everyday lives and humorous misadventures of working-class characters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tale of the fullers canonical | 1 |
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic episode
ⓘ
literary work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| author | Apuleius ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| depicts |
everyday life in the Roman Empire
ⓘ
fullers ⓘ working-class characters ⓘ |
| embeddedIn |
Metamorphoses by Apuleius
ⓘ
surface form:
Apuleius’ Metamorphoses
|
| featuresCharacterType |
artisan
ⓘ
laborer ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fiction
ⓘ
satire ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
everyday urban life
ⓘ
misadventures of artisans ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose narrative ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Roman literature ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | embedded tale ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
ⓘ
surface form:
Metamorphoses
|
| setting | Roman town ⓘ |
| tone | humorous ⓘ |
| workMentionedIn |
scholarship on Roman popular culture
ⓘ
studies of Apuleius ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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