L. P. Wilkinson

Ovid Recalled

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1955, this introductory text was created for the general reader, with or without knowledge of Latin, together with students of the classics seeking a greater understanding of Ovid. The text provides a comprehensive discussion regarding the nature of Ovid's works, with particular emphasis on the thematic and stylistic qualities of the Metamorphoses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9781107480308
• ISBN-10: 1107480302
• Artikelnr.: 41610232

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
List of abbreviations
1. Early years - integer et laetus
2. Latin erotic elegy - his comes umbra tua est
3. The elegiac couplet - blanda elegeia
4. The Amores - tenerorum lusor amorum
5. The Heroides - dolor ira mixtus
6. The Ars amatoria and Remedia amoris - praeceptor amoris
7. The Metamorphoses - most capricious poet
8. The Fasti - tempora cum causis
9. Banishment: Tristia I and II - repertus ego
10. Tristia III-V, Ibis, Epistulae ex ponto - among the Goths
11. The middle ages - Venus' clerk Ovyde
12. The Renaissance - sweet witty soul
Epilogue
Appendix of references
List of modern works cited
Indexes: 1. Ovidian passages quoted
2. Proper names (selected).