Ovid

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4051-3642-6
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 386 g

This book provides a unique and accessible introduction to the complete works of Ovid. Using a thematic approach, Volk lays out what we know about Ovid's life, presents the author's works within their poetic genres, and discusses central Ovidian themes. - The first general introduction to Ovid written in English in over 20 years, offering the very latest Ovidian scholarship
- Discusses the complete works of Ovid
- Accessible writing and a thematic approach make this text ideal for a broad audience
- A current revival in Ovid makes this timely edition highly valuable

Autoren/Hrsg.

Volk, Katharina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Lateinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures viii

Preface ix

Abbreviations for Ovid’s Works xi

Introduction 1

1 Work 6

2 Life 20

3 Elegy 35

4 Myth 50

5 Art 65

6 Women 81

7 Rome 95

8 Reception 110

Further Reading 128

Notes 141

Ovidian Passages Cited 142

Index 145

Über Autor(innen)

Katharina Volk is Associate Professor of Classics at Columbia University. She is the author of The Poetics of Latin Didactic: Lucretius, Vergil, Ovid, Manilius (2002) and Manilius and his Intellectual Background (2009) and the editor of Seeing Seneca Whole: Perspectives on Philosophy, Poetry and Politics (with Gareth D. Williams, 2006), Oxford Readings in Classical Studies: Vergil's Eclogues (2008), and Oxford Readings in Classical Studies: Vergil's Georgics (2008).