| The Metamorphosis of Persephone: Ovid and the Self-Conscious Muse Contributor(s): Hinds, Stephen (Author), Stephen, Hinds (Author), Hunter, R. Lanny (Editor) |
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ISBN: 052133506X ISBN-13: 9780521335065 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 1987 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 873.01 |
| LCCN: 86026923 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Mathematical Biology |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.89 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |