| Shakespeare and Ovid Contributor(s): Bate, Jonathan (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0198183240 ISBN-13: 9780198183242 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1994 Annotation: Written by a leading Shakespeare scholar, this book is the first comprehensive account of the relationship between Shakespeare and his favorite poet, Ovid. Bate examines the full range of Shakespeare's works, identifying Ovid's presence not only in the narrative poems and pastoral comedies, but also in the Sonnets and mature tragedies. Demonstrating how profoundly creative Ovid's influence was, especially in his representations of myth, metamorphosis, and sexuality, this original and elegantly written study reveals Shakespeare as an extraordinarily sophisticated reader of Ovidian myth and as a metamorphic artist as fluid and nimble as his classical original. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Shakespeare - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 822.33 |
| LCCN: 92039574 |
| Lexile Measure: 1390 |
| Series: Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.52" W x 8.52" (0.98 lbs) 310 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written by a leading Shakespeare scholar, this book is the first comprehensive account of the relationship between Shakespeare and his favorite poet, Ovid. Bate examines the full range of Shakespeare's works, identifying Ovid's presence not only in the narrative poems and pastoral comedies, but also in the Sonnets and mature tragedies. Demonstrating how profoundly creative Ovid's influence was, especially in his representations of myth, metamorphosis, and sexuality, this original and elegantly written study reveals Shakespeare as an extraordinarily sophisticated reader of Ovidian myth and as a metamorphic artist as fluid and nimble as his classical original. |