Ovid's early poetry : from his single Heroides to his Remedia amoris / Thea S. Thorsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thorsen, Thea Selliaas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Ovid.

Latin poetry--History and criticism.

Latin poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 223 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ovid is one of the greatest poets in the Classical tradition and Western literature. This book represents the most comprehensive study to date of his early output as a unified literary production. Firstly, the book proposes new ways of organising this part of Ovid's poetic career, the chronology of which is notoriously difficult to establish. Next, by combining textual criticism with issues relating to manuscript transmission, the book decisively counters arguments levelled against the authenticity of Heroides 15, which consequently allows for a revaluation of Ovid's early output. Furthermore, by focusing on the literary device of allusion, the book stresses the importance of Ovid's single Heroides 1-15 in relationship with his Amores I-III, Ars amatoria I-III and Remedia amoris. Finally, the book identifies three kinds of Ovidian poetics that are found in his early poetry and that point towards the works of myth and exile that followed in his later career.

Contents:

Dating the young Ovid

Ovidian signatures and the single Heroides

Being last

with the latest news

The authenticity of Heroides 15

Sappho among heroines

Sapphic self-reflections in Ovid's amores

Art, being and nothingness: Ars amatoria and Remedia amoris.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-316-16395-4

1-316-16441-1

1-316-16693-7

1-316-16581-7

1-316-16626-0

1-316-16715-1

1-316-16671-6

1-316-16649-X

1-139-62895-X