Ovid's Metamorphoses / Elaine Fantham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fantham, Elaine.

Series:

Oxford approaches to classical literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses.

Ovid.

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D--Criticism and interpretation.

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford, 2004.

Summary:

Ovid's Metamorphoses have been seen as both the culmination of and a revolution in the classical epic tradition, transferring narrative interest from war to love and fantasy. This introduction considers how Ovid found and shaped his narrative from the creation of the world to his own sophisticated times, illustrating the cruelty of jealous gods, the pathos of human love, and the imaginative fantasy of flight, monsters, magic, and illusion. Elaine Fantham introduces the reader not only to this marvelous and complex narrative poem, but to the Greek and Roman traditions behind Ovid's tales of transformation and a selection of the images and texts that it inspired.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195154096

019515410X

OCLC:

56098572