The Metamorphosis of Persephone: Ovid and the Self-conscious Muse
Although Ovid is currently enjoying a new wave of popularity, most critics withhold from his poetry the close word-by-word readings that are necessary for a thorough understanding of it. Ovid twice treated the myth of Persephone, and Hinds's book is at first a historical inquiry—the most extensive yet done—into the double transformation in Metamorphosis 5 and Fasti 4 of the rape of Persephone, one of the great Graeco-Roman myths. The study continues as a critical exploration of Ovid's self-conscious delight in language and in writing manifested in these twin narratives, providing a feast for students of both Latin poetry and narratives in general.
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The Metamorphosis of Persephone: Ovid and the Self-conscious Muse
Although Ovid is currently enjoying a new wave of popularity, most critics withhold from his poetry the close word-by-word readings that are necessary for a thorough understanding of it. Ovid twice treated the myth of Persephone, and Hinds's book is at first a historical inquiry—the most extensive yet done—into the double transformation in Metamorphosis 5 and Fasti 4 of the rape of Persephone, one of the great Graeco-Roman myths. The study continues as a critical exploration of Ovid's self-conscious delight in language and in writing manifested in these twin narratives, providing a feast for students of both Latin poetry and narratives in general.
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The Metamorphosis of Persephone: Ovid and the Self-conscious Muse
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The Metamorphosis of Persephone: Ovid and the Self-conscious Muse
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521335065 |
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| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date: | 09/03/1987 |
| Series: | Cambridge Classical Studies |
| Pages: | 200 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.94(d) |
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