Author: Anastasios D. NikolopoulosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Ovidius Polytropos
Author: Anastasios D. NikolopoulosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Orphic Voice(s): A Narratological Commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses 10.1-11.84
Author: Julian WagnerPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004701540
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The book offers an in-depth narratological analysis of the 'Book of Orpheus' (10.1-11.84) of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Starting from fundamental aspects of narrative like time, space, and focalisation, the commentary highlights the polyphony of the various narrative levels. The complex and challenging design results from a constant oscillation between the narrator-persona of Ovid and the programmatic Orpheus-figure which has found a wealth of interpretations. In addition, the study places the 10th book in the overall narrative framework of Ovid's Metamorphoses with its density of intertextuality and metanarrativity.
A Handbook to the Reception of Ovid
Author: John F. MillerPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118876121
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
A Handbook to the Reception of Ovid presents more than 30 original essays written by leading scholars revealing the rich diversity of critical engagement with Ovid’s poetry that spans the Western tradition from antiquity to the present day. Offers innovative perspectives on Ovid’s poetry and its reception from antiquity to the present day Features contributions from more than 30 leading scholars in the Humanities. Introduces familiar and unfamiliar figures in the history of Ovidian reception. Demonstrates the enduring and transformative power of Ovid’s poetry into modern times.
Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'
Author: Genevieve LiveleyPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441170812
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
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
Ovid on Screen
Author: Martin M. WinklerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108485405
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
The first study of Ovid, especially his Metamorphoses, as inherently visual literature, explaining his pervasive importance in our visual media.
The Gendered ‘I’ in Ancient Literature
Author: Lisa CordesPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110795302
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Considering the ubiquity of rhetorical training in antiquity, the volume starts from the premise that every first-person statement in ancient literature is in some way rhetorically modelled and aesthetically shaped. Focusing on different types of Greek and Latin literature, poetry and prose, from the Archaic Age to Late Antiquity, the contributions analyse the use and modelling of gender-specific elements in different types of first-person speech, be it that the speaker is (represented as) the author of a work, be it that they feature as characters in the work, narrating their own story or that of others. In doing so, they do not only offer new insights into the rhetorical strategies and literary techniques used to construct a gendered ‘I’ in ancient literature. They also address the form and function of first-person discourse in classical literature in general, touching on fields of research that have increasingly come into focus in recent years, such as authorship studies, studies concerning the ancient notion(s) of the literary persona, as well as a historical narratology that discusses concepts such as the narrator or the literary character in ancient literary theory and practice.
Ulysses Polytropos
Author: Fritz SennPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004516719
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This collection of approaches focuses on the dynamics of James Joyce’s Ulysses and some of its nuances with the aim of enhancing its enjoyment.
Polytropos Ajax
Author: Silvia SperianiPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111450465
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Meanings are realized at the point of reception and this volume intends to offer an in-depth discussion of some of the meanings associated with and raised by the figure of Telamonian Ajax at various, specifically contextualized, and yet somehow connectable ‘points of reception’. Part 1 looks at how, and from where, and with what effects, the epic and tragic figure of Ajax is constructed and re-defined in archaic and classical Greece. Part 2 moves on to Roman Ajax(es), evaluating how he is used in and by Latin literature as a tool for window-references and innovation, and for reflecting on national identity and cultural categories. Part 3 discusses various ways in which the myth of Ajax, especially in its Sophoclean version, has been translated into theatrical, psychological, and philosophical discussions. This is not an attempt to look for Ajax’s true nature (an ill-posed question in itself). Nor is it a claim to evaluate Ajax’s features as if they could be placed on a straight evolutionary line (they never can be). On the contrary, the volume provides a multiform and interconnected ensemble of relevant patterns, always particularly situated, and constantly changing.
The Cambridge Companion to Haydn
Author: Caryl Leslie ClarkPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521833479
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
An introduction to the musical work and cultural world of Joseph Haydn.
Culture In Pieces
Author: Dirk ObbinkPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199292019
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
This volume of essays is chiefly concerned with the problems of interpretation raised by fragmentary evidence, especially by the partial or imperfect survival of texts from the classical world. The essays consider a variety of problems, addressing questions of literary history, source-criticism, editorial method, and scholarly technique.