Aspects of ecphrastic technique in Ovid's Metamorphoses / by Elizabeth Norton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norton, Elizabeth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fables, Latin--History and criticism.

Fables, Latin.

Ekphrasis.

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

Ovid.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By first examining the origins of ecphrasis as a rhetorical trope, as well as its association with simile, the author provides an historical context on which to base a discussion of Ovid's own use of the device. Consideration is given to recent theoretical approaches to the subject, as well as to a selection of ancient texts that may have influenced Ovid's work. After this, a more in-depth examination of relevant passages within the Metamorphoses is undertaken. The author concludes by consid...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE - RHETORICAL BACKGROUND; CHAPTER TWO - SOME NOTES ON THEORY ; CHAPTER THREE - EARLY ECPHRASIS; CHAPTER FOUR - HELLENISTIC AND BEYOND; CHAPTER FIVE - OVID''S ECPHRASES; CHAPTER SIX - EPISODES OF GREAT ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4438-6547-8

OCLC:

887507747