Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subtitle: a reader's guide
By: Genevieve Liveley
Contributors: ebrary, Inc
Series: Continuum reader's guides
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781441100849; 9781441125194; 9781441170811
Subjects: Metamorphosis in literature; History and criticism; Mythology, Classical, in literature; Latin Fables
Description: Continuum Reader's Guides: clear introductions to key texts, their themes, context, influence and impact. Essential student reading.

Perhaps no other classical text has proved its versatility so much as Ovid's epic poem, A staple of undergraduate courses in Classical Studies, Latin, English and Comparative Literature, Metamorphoses is arguably one of the most important, canonical Latin texts and certainly among the most widely read and studied. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Biography and context; title: Overview of themes; title: Textual readings: books I-XV; title: Reception and influence; title: Guide to further reading.