Ovidian Transversions: 'Iphis and Ianthe', 1300-1650

Focuses on transversions of Ovid’s ‘Iphis and Ianthe’ in both English and French literature
Medieval and early modern authors engaged with Ovid’s tale of ‘Iphis and Ianthe’ in a number of surprising ways. From Christian translations to secular retellings on the seventeenth-century stage, Ovid’s story of a girl’s miraculous transformation into a boy sparked a diversity of responses in English and French from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries. In addition to analysing various transla...