The World of Ovid's Metamorphoses Joseph B. Solodow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solodow, Joseph B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mythology, Classical, in literature.

Metamorphosis in literature.

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

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

World of Ovid's Metamorphoses

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; The Propoetides and Pygmalion; Argument and Method; Scholarship on Ovid; CHAPTER ONE: Structures; The Search for Structure; Organizations; Dis-organizations; Story-telling; CHAPTER TWO: The Narrator; How Many Narrators?; Transitions; Epigram; The Narrator's Point of View; Self-doubt and Self-criticism; CHAPTER THREE: Mythology; Anachronism; Romanization; Modernization; Gods and Things Humanized; Intra-mythological References; Wit and Humor; CHAPTER FOUR: Aeneid; Narratives Compared: Storm and Flood; Narratives Compared: Firing the Ships

The Story of AeneasCriticism of Virgil; CHAPTER FIVE: Metamorphosis; Narrative without Morality; Metamorphosis without Morality; A Definition of Metamorphosis; Metamorphosis in Literature; Allegory; CHAPTER SIX: Art; Metamorphosis as Art; Nature as Art; The Figure of the Artist; The Role of Art; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Includes indexes.

English and Latin.

Bibliography: p. 256-261.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-9313-144-4

979-88-908756-3-1

1-4696-1649-1

1-4696-1650-5

OCLC:

567942452