Ovid's metamorphoses in twentieth-century Italian literature / Alberto Comparini (ed.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Comparini, Alberto, editor.

Series:

Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften. Neue Folge, 2. Reihe ; Band 157

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian literature--20th century.

Italian literature.

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

Ovid.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 pages).

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg, [Germany] : Universitätsverlag Winter, 2018.

Summary:

This book aims to show the metamorphic nature of Ovid's reception in twentieth-century Italian literature. It is a study of the aesthetic effects of Ovid's poetics within both the novel and poetry tradition in Italy. By using a historical and philological methodology, the authors of each essay have shown the hermeneutic power of Ovid, read as a constant intertextual presence. From Giovanni Pascoli to Eugenio Montale, from Italo Calvino to Antonio Tabucchi, in this book Ovid's reception is finally shown to be as important as Virgil's and offers new important tools in order to understand the role of Latin literature in the twentieth century.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783825377564

3825377563