Ovid's Metamorphoses in twentieth-century Italian literature
By: Alberto Comparini (ed.).
Series: Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften -- neue Folge. 2. Reihe. Band 157; Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften -- n.F., 2. Reihe, Bd. 157.
Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Heidelberg
Language: eng; ita
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9783825367886
Subjects: Influence; Italian literature; Roman influences; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Description: 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.