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A companion to Ovid / edited by Peter E. Knox.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell companions to the ancient world.
- Blackwell companions to the ancient world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epistolary poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Epistolary poetry, Latin.
- Didactic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Didactic poetry, Latin.
- Elegiac poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Elegiac poetry, Latin.
- Mythology, Classical, in literature.
- Love in literature.
- Rome--In literature.
- Rome.
- Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D--Criticism and interpretation.
- Ovid.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (554 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA ; Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A Companion to Ovid is a comprehensive overview of one of the most influential poets of classical antiquity.Features more than 30 newly commissioned chapters by noted scholars writing in their areas of specializationIlluminates various aspects of Ovid's work, such as production, genre, and stylePresents interpretive essays on key poems and collections of poemsIncludes detailed discussions of Ovid's primary literary influences and his reception in English literatureProvides a chronology of key literary and historical events during Ovid's lifetime
- Contents:
- A COMPANION TO OVID; Contents; Figures; Notes on Contributors; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chronological Table of Important Events in Roman History and Literature during the Life of Ovid; PART I: Contexts; PART II: Texts; PART III: Intertexts; PART IV: Critical and Scholarly Approaches; PART V: Literary Receptions; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612139383
- 9781782684749
- 1782684743
- 9781282139381
- 128213938X
- 9781405185103
- 1405185104
- 9781444310627
- 1444310623
- 9781444310610
- 1444310615
- OCLC:
- 429075576
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