Metamorphic Readings
«A model of literary scholarship, "Metamorphic Readings: Transformation, Language, and Gender in the Interpretation of Ovid's Metamorphoses" is highly recommended for college and university library Ancient & Medieval Literary Studies collections.»
MidWest Book Review
Ovid's remarkable and endlessly fascinating Metamorphoses is one of the best-known and most popular works of classical literature, exerting a pervasive influence on later European literature and culture. Les mer
transformation and transgression connects in many ways with contemporary culture and society, modern research perspectives have developed correspondingly. Metamorphic Readings presents the state of the art in research on this canonical Roman epic. Written in an accessible style, the essays included represent a variety
of approaches, exploring the effects of transformation and the transgression of borders. The contributors investigate three main themes: transformations into the Metamorphoses (how the mythic narratives evolved), transformations in the Metamorphoses (what new understandings of the dynamics of metamorphosis might be achieved), and transformations of the Metamorphoses (how the Metamorphoses were later understood and came to acquire new meanings). The many forms
of transformation exhibited by Ovid's masterpiece are explored-including the transformation of the genre of mythic narrative itself.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198864066
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
Anmeldelser
«A model of literary scholarship, "Metamorphic Readings: Transformation, Language, and Gender in the Interpretation of Ovid's Metamorphoses" is highly recommended for college and university library Ancient & Medieval Literary Studies collections.»
MidWest Book Review
«In all, this volume is a long-overdue, well-crafted, and impressively coherent contribution to Ovidian studies that will surely generate productive scholarship and conversations going forward.»
Daniel Libatiqu, Bryn Mawr Classical Review