The Metamorphosis of Persephone
Ovid and the Self-Conscious Muse
Ovid, a poet unashamedly in love in poetry, including his own, has enjoyed a recent renaissance in popularity. Yet there is still a certain tendency amongst critics to withhold from his writing the close, word-by-word, engagement which is its due. The primary aim of The Metamorphosis of Persephone is to celebrate this poet’s detailed verbal art. Ovid twice treated the myth of Persephone. Dr Hinds’ work is a close reading of the account in Metamorphoses 5. The book is at once a literary historical enquiry into the double transformation of the rape of Persephone, and a critical exploration of the self-conscious delight in language and in writin…
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- ISBN: 978-0-521-03623-8
- EAN: 9780521036238
- Produktnummer: 2900808
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.1 cm 259 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 259
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