Format:
xii, 254 Seiten
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24 cm
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780198864066
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019886406X
Content:
Ovid's remarkable and endlessly fascinating 'Metamorphoses' is one of the best-known and most popular works of classical literature, exerting a pervasive influence on later European literature and culture. A vast repository of mythic material as well as a sophisticated manipulation of story-telling, the poem can be appreciated on many different levels and by audiences of very different backgrounds and educational experiences. As the poem's focus on0transformation and transgression connects in many ways with contemporary culture and society, modern research perspectives have developed correspondingly. 'Metamorphic Readings' presents the state of the art in research on this canonical Roman epic. Written in an accessible style, the essays included represent a variety of approaches, exploring the effects of transformation and the transgression of borders. The contributors investigate three main themes: transformations into the Metamorphoses (how the mythic narratives evolved), transformations in the Metamorphoses (what new understandings of the dynamics of metamorphosis might be achieved), and transformations of the Metamorphoses (how the Metamorphoses were later understood and came to acquire new meanings). The many forms of transformation exhibited by Ovid's masterpiece are explored-including the transformation of the genre of mythic narrative itself
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 219-237
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"The present volume began life in a 2016 international meeting of "Metamorphoses" scholars in Stockholm ..." -- Preface
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Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780191896354
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Metamorphic readings Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020 ISBN 9780191896354
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Ovidius Naso, Publius v43-17 Metamorphoses
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Transformation
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Sprache
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Geschlechterforschung
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Konferenzschrift
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780198864066.003.0001
Author information:
Malm, Mats 1964-
Author information:
Möller, Daniel 1974-
