Ovid's Metamorphoses
By: Elaine Fantham.
Series: Oxford approaches to classical literature
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford, [U.K.]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D; Fables, Latin -- History and criticism; Mythology, Classical, in literature; Metamorphosis in literature
Description: This introduction to Ovid's Metamorphoses considers how Ovid defined and shaped his narrative, its cultural context, and its vivid depictions of the cruelty of jealous gods, the pathos of human love, and the imaginative fantasy of flight, monsters, magicand illusion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Transforming bodies, transforming epic; title: Creation, flood, and fire; title: Cadmus and the tragic dynasty of Thebes; title: Human artistry and divine jealousy; title: The lives of women; title: Aspects of love; title: Heroes-old style and new; title: Fantasy, the fabulous and the miraculous metamorphoses of nature; title: Genre and narrative : Ovid's polymorphous poem; title: After Ovid.