Volk Ovid

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5150-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World

This book provides a unique and accessible introduction to thecomplete works of Ovid. Using a thematic approach, Volk lays outwhat we know about Ovid's life, presents the author's works withintheir poetic genres, and discusses central Ovidian themes.
* The first general introduction to Ovid written in English inover 20 years, offering the very latest Ovidian scholarship
* Discusses the complete works of Ovid
* Accessible writing and a thematic approach make this text idealfor a broad audience
* A current revival in Ovid makes this timely edition highlyvaluable

Autoren/Hrsg.

Volk, Katharina

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
List of Abbreviations.
List of Figures.
Introduction.
1. Work.
2. Life.
3. Elegy.
4. Myth.
5. Art.
6. Women.
7. Rome.
8. Reception.
Further Reading.
Notes.
Index.

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).