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Author : Ovid
Release : 1960
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Book Synopsis Metamorphoses: Books I-VIII by : Ovid
Download or read book Metamorphoses: Books I-VIII written by Ovid. This book was released on 1960. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sarah Annes Brown
Release : 2005-02-25
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Ovid: Myth and Metamorphosis by : Sarah Annes Brown
Download or read book Ovid: Myth and Metamorphosis written by Sarah Annes Brown. This book was released on 2005-02-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The impact of Ovid's Metamorphoses on our culture can hardly be overestimated. The poem is one of the most exciting and accessible classical texts, our key source for nearly all the famous myths of Greece and Rome. Sarah Annes Brown offers a lively, and sometimes provocative, introduction to the Metamorphoses, exploring the impact of recent critical developments and tracing its rich afterlife in both high and popular culture. The book's later chapters are devoted to five of the most memorable Ovidian stories - Apollo and Daphne, Actaeon, Philomela, Arachne and Pygmalion. Each subtle and elusive story is found to have generated a huge range of creative responses. The influence of the Pygmalion myth, for example, can be traced in Frankenstein, Vertigo and Blade Runner, as well as in the works of Chaucer and Shakespeare.
Author : Joseph B. Solodow
Release : 2014-02-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis The World of Ovid's Metamorphoses by : Joseph B. Solodow
Download or read book The World of Ovid's Metamorphoses written by Joseph B. Solodow. This book was released on 2014-02-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synthesizing a wealth of detailed observations, Joseph Solodow studies the structure of Ovid's poem Metamorphoses, the role of the narrator, Ovid's treatment of myth, and the relationship between Ovid's and Virgil's presentations of Aeneas. He argues that for Ovid metamorphosis is an act of clarification, a form of artistic creation, and that the metamorphosed creatures in his poem are comparable to works of art. These figures ultimately aid us in perceiving and understanding the world.
Author : Ovid
Release : 2021-01-12
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Book Synopsis Metamorphoses by : Ovid
Download or read book Metamorphoses written by Ovid. This book was released on 2021-01-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is the single most important work of poetry in ancient history" - M. L. Andres, author of 'A Simple but Effective Strategy for Success' & founder of The Block Bard. Ovid's 15-book epic, written in exquisite Latin hexameter, is a rollercoaster of a read. Beginning with the creation of the world, and ending with Rome in his own lifetime, the Metamorphoses drags the reader through time and space, from beginnings to endings, from life to death, from moments of delicious joy to episodes of depravity and abjection.The madness and chaos of some 250 stories, spanning around 700 lines of poetry per book, are woven together by the theme of metamorphosis or transformation. The artistic dexterity involved in pulling off this literary feat is testimony to Ovid's skill and ambition as a poet. This accomplishment also goes a long way in explaining the rightful place the Metamorphoses holds within the canon of classical literature, placed as it is beside other great epics of Mediterranean antiquity such as the Iliad, Odyssey and Aeneid.
Author : Ovid
Release : 1898
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Book Synopsis Metamorphoses, Book XIV. by : Ovid
Download or read book Metamorphoses, Book XIV. written by Ovid. This book was released on 1898. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
