| Ovid's Changing Worlds: English Metamorphoses 1567-1632 Contributor(s): Lyne, Raphael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198187041 ISBN-13: 9780198187042 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: Ovid's Changing Worlds looks at the four most important English imitations of the Metamorphoses in the English Renaissance: the translations of Arthur Golding and George Sandys, Spenser's Faerie Queene, and Michael Drayton's Poly-Olbion. It sheds new light on dealings with the classics in the period and shows that the emergence of English literature was a complex and fascinating process. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance |
| Dewey: 821.032 |
| LCCN: 2002265768 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.22 lbs) 316 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ovid's Changing Worlds looks at the four most important English imitations of the Metamorphoses in the English Renaissance: the translations of Arthur Golding and George Sandys, Spenser's Faerie Queene, and Michael Drayton's Poly-Olbion. It sheds new light on dealings with the classics in the period and shows that the emergence of English literature was a complex and fascinating process. |