Ovid : the classical heritage / William S. Anderson.

Author
Anderson, William S. (William Scovil), 1927- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.
Description
1 online resource (309 p.)

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Ovid: The Classical Heritage, first published in 1995, contains a diverse collection of reflections, ranging from the first century, through the Middle Ages, to the twentieth, on a poet who has been adored and reviled in equal measure.With the entire notion of 'Western culture' under duress, the need to establish continuity from antiquity to modernity is as pressing as ever. Each essay, selected by Professor Anderson, indicates an Ovidian theme or perspective which remains relevant to our self-understanding today. An enormous range of topics is investigated, in a variety of
Notes
First published in 1995 by Garland.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Description based on print version record.
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English
Contents
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Ovid in Antiquity; First-Century Criticism on Ovid: The Senecas and Quintilian; Imitation of Ovid in the Works of Dracontius; The Middle Ages; Ovid in the Mediaeval Schoolroom; The Poetry of Ovid's Exile; Ovid's Presence in the Twelfth Century: Latin Elegiac Poetry, Provençal Lyric; The Anxieties of Influence: Ovid's Reception by the Early Troubadours; Ovid in the Renaissance; Ovid and the Renascence in Italy and Spain; Ovid and Chaucer
  • Rescuing Ovid from the AllegorizersOvid and ""Ovidian"" Poetry; The Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century; Dryden and Ovid's ""Wit Out of Season""; Ovid and the New Mythologists; Select Bibliography
ISBN
  • 1-315-77544-1
  • 1-317-68746-9
  • 1-317-68745-0
OCLC
879332234
Doi
  • 10.4324/9781315775449
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