Ovid's 'Metamorphoses': A Reader's Guide - Softcover

Liveley, Genevieve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1441100849 ISBN 13: 9781441100849

Publisher: Continuum, 2010

Synopsis

<div>Perhaps no other classical text has proved its versatility so much as Ovid's epic poem. A staple of undergraduate courses in Classical Studies, Latin, English and Comparative Literature, Metamorphoses is arguably one of the most important, canonical Latin texts and certainly among the most widely read and studied.

Ovid's 'Metamorphoses': A Reader's Guide is the ideal companion to this epic classical text offering guidance on:
• Literary, historical and cultural context
• Key themes
• Reading the text
• Reception and influence
• Further reading </div>

About this title

About the Author

Genevieve Lively is a teaching fellow at the University of Bristol. She has published several articles on aspects of Ovid's poetry. Genevieve Liveley is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Bristol. Her research and teaching interests are in Latin literature and culture, gender and sexuality, critical theory, and the classical tradition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1441100849
• ISBN 13: 9781441100849
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208