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Ovid's Metamorphoses / Elaine Fantham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fantham, Elaine, author.
- Series:
- Oxford approaches to classical literature.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford approaches to classical literature
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses.
- Ovid.
- Fables, Latin--History and criticism.
- Fables, Latin.
- Metamorphosis in literature.
- Mythology, Classical, in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This introduction to Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' considers how Ovid defined and shaped his narrative, its cultural context, and its vivid depictions of the cruelty of jealous gods, the pathos of human love, and the imaginative fantasy of flight, monsters, magic and illusion.
- Contents:
- Transforming bodies, transforming epic
- Creation, flood, and fire
- Cadmus and the tragic dynasty of Thebes
- Human artistry and divine jealousy
- The lives of women
- Aspects of love
- Heroes-old style and new
- Fantasy, the fabulous and the miraculous metamorphoses of nature
- Genre and narrative : Ovid's polymorphous poem
- After Ovid.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028849-3
- 0-19-770489-1
- 1-280-83777-2
- 0-19-803506-3
- OCLC:
- 476260182
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