Author: S. J. Heyworth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107016479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Presents a clear and detailed guide to a central book of the Fasti, Ovid's account of Rome and its calendar.
Ovid: Fasti Book 3
Author: S. J. Heyworth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107016479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Presents a clear and detailed guide to a central book of the Fasti, Ovid's account of Rome and its calendar.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107016479
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Presents a clear and detailed guide to a central book of the Fasti, Ovid's account of Rome and its calendar.
Ovid: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Llewelyn Morgan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192574671
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
"Vivam" is the very last word of Ovid's masterpiece, the Metamorphoses: "I shall live." If we're still reading it two millennia after Ovid's death, this is by definition a remarkably accurate prophecy. Ovid was not the only ancient author with aspirations to be read for eternity, but no poet of the Greco-Roman world has had a deeper or more lasting impact on subsequent literature and art than he can claim. In the present day no Greek or Roman poet is as accessible, to artists, writers, or the general reader: Ovid's voice remains a compellingly contemporary one, as modern as it seemed to his contemporaries in Augustan Rome. But Ovid was also a man of his time, his own story fatally entwined with that of the first emperor Augustus, and the poetry he wrote channels in its own way the cultural and political upheavals of the contemporary city, its public life, sexual mores, religion, and urban landscape, while also exploiting the superbly rich store of poetic convention that Greek literature and his Roman predecessors had bequeathed to him. This Very Short Introduction explains Ovid's background, social and literary, and introduces his poetry, on love, metamorphosis, Roman festivals, and his own exile, a restlessly innovative oeuvre driven by the irrepressible ingenium or wit for which he was famous. Llewelyn Morgan also explores Ovid's immense influence on later literature and art, spanning from Shakespeare to Bernini. Throughout, Ovid's poetry is revealed as enduringly scintillating, his personal story compelling, and the issues his life and poetry raise of continuing relevance and interest. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192574671
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
"Vivam" is the very last word of Ovid's masterpiece, the Metamorphoses: "I shall live." If we're still reading it two millennia after Ovid's death, this is by definition a remarkably accurate prophecy. Ovid was not the only ancient author with aspirations to be read for eternity, but no poet of the Greco-Roman world has had a deeper or more lasting impact on subsequent literature and art than he can claim. In the present day no Greek or Roman poet is as accessible, to artists, writers, or the general reader: Ovid's voice remains a compellingly contemporary one, as modern as it seemed to his contemporaries in Augustan Rome. But Ovid was also a man of his time, his own story fatally entwined with that of the first emperor Augustus, and the poetry he wrote channels in its own way the cultural and political upheavals of the contemporary city, its public life, sexual mores, religion, and urban landscape, while also exploiting the superbly rich store of poetic convention that Greek literature and his Roman predecessors had bequeathed to him. This Very Short Introduction explains Ovid's background, social and literary, and introduces his poetry, on love, metamorphosis, Roman festivals, and his own exile, a restlessly innovative oeuvre driven by the irrepressible ingenium or wit for which he was famous. Llewelyn Morgan also explores Ovid's immense influence on later literature and art, spanning from Shakespeare to Bernini. Throughout, Ovid's poetry is revealed as enduringly scintillating, his personal story compelling, and the issues his life and poetry raise of continuing relevance and interest. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
Ovid, Fasti 1
Author: Steven J. Green
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004139850
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
This commentary provides a detailed analysis of the first book of Ovid's Fasti, a complex poem which takes as its central framework the Roman calendar in the late Augustan/early Tiberian period and purports to deal with its religious festivals and their origins. Book I covers the month of January, and has proven to be particularly challenging to readers in light of the apparent revision/reworking of the text undertaken by the poet whilst in exile. This commentary - the most extensive yet on any single book of the poem - locates the text of Book I firmly in its literary, historical, and socio-political contexts and seeks both to incorporate and build on the recent scholarship on the poem. In light of the special nature of Book I, the commentary is prefaced by two introductory sections, the second of which tackles head-on the problems (and dynamics) of post-exilic reworking of the text.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004139850
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
This commentary provides a detailed analysis of the first book of Ovid's Fasti, a complex poem which takes as its central framework the Roman calendar in the late Augustan/early Tiberian period and purports to deal with its religious festivals and their origins. Book I covers the month of January, and has proven to be particularly challenging to readers in light of the apparent revision/reworking of the text undertaken by the poet whilst in exile. This commentary - the most extensive yet on any single book of the poem - locates the text of Book I firmly in its literary, historical, and socio-political contexts and seeks both to incorporate and build on the recent scholarship on the poem. In light of the special nature of Book I, the commentary is prefaced by two introductory sections, the second of which tackles head-on the problems (and dynamics) of post-exilic reworking of the text.
Catalogue of Books Concerning the Greek and Latin Classics in the Central Public Libraries, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Author: Newcastle upon Tyne (England). Public libraries
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Classical literature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Reading Ovid in Medieval Wales
Author: Paul Russell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780814213223
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Reading Ovid in Medieval Wales provides the first complete edition and discussion of the earliest surviving fragment of Ovid's Ars amatoria, or The Art of Love, glossed mainly in Latin but also in Old Welsh. This study discusses the significance of the manuscript for classical studies and how it was absorbed into the classical Ovidian tradition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780814213223
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Reading Ovid in Medieval Wales provides the first complete edition and discussion of the earliest surviving fragment of Ovid's Ars amatoria, or The Art of Love, glossed mainly in Latin but also in Old Welsh. This study discusses the significance of the manuscript for classical studies and how it was absorbed into the classical Ovidian tradition.
A Commentary on Ovid's Fasti
Author: Matthew Robinson
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0199589399
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Fasti is one of Ovid's most complex, inventive, and remarkable works. This commentary on Book 2 - the first detailed commentary in English - guides the reader towards a fuller appreciation of the poem, through detailed analysis of its religious, historical, political, and literary background.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0199589399
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
The Fasti is one of Ovid's most complex, inventive, and remarkable works. This commentary on Book 2 - the first detailed commentary in English - guides the reader towards a fuller appreciation of the poem, through detailed analysis of its religious, historical, political, and literary background.
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Shakespeare's Ovid
Author: Ovid
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
Book Description