Ovid

Katharina Volk (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2010
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-3642-6 (ISBN)

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The first general introduction to Ovid written in English in over 20 years, 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.

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

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).

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

Reihe/Serie	Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 239 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Latein / Altgriechisch
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4051-3642-1 / 1405136421
ISBN-13	978-1-4051-3642-6 / 9781405136426
Zustand	Neuware