Ovid: Myth and Metamorphosis (Ancients in Action) - Softcover

Annes Brown, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853996726 ISBN 13: 9781853996726

Verlag: Bristol Classical Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

The impact of Ovid's Metamorphoses on our culture can hardly be overestimated. The poem is one of the most exciting and accessible classical texts, our key source for nearly all the famous myths of Greece and Rome. Sarah Annes Brown offers a lively, and sometimes provocative, introduction to the Metamorphoses, exploring the impact of recent critical developments and tracing its rich afterlife in both high and popular culture. The book's later chapters are devoted to five of the most memorable Ovidian stories - Apollo and Daphne, Actaeon, Philomela, Arachne and Pygmalion. Each subtle and elusive story is found to have generated a huge range of creative responses. The influence of the Pygmalion myth, for example, can be traced in Frankenstein, Vertigo and Blade Runner, as well as in the works of Chaucer and Shakespeare.

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sarah Annes Brown is Professor of English Literature and Director of Research Students, Anglia Ruskin University, UK. Her publications include Ovid: Myth and Metamorphosis (2005), and as co-editor Lucan's Pharsalia (1997), and Tragedy in Transition (2007).

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Bristol Classical Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1853996726
• ISBN 13: 9781853996726
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: WordUnited GmbH; distribution@wordunited.com; ; Theodorstrasse 105; DUSSELDORF; 40472; Deutschland