Ovid (Routledge Revivals)

Ovid, Rome's most cynical and worldly love poet, has not until recently been highly regarded among Latin poets. Now, however, his reputation is growing, and this volume is an important contribution to the re-establishment of Ovid's claims to critical attention.This collection of essays ranges over a wide variety of themes and works: Ovid's development of the Elegiac tradition; the neglected Heroides; the poetry of Ovid's exile; the poetic diction of the Metamorphoses; the blending of the didactic and elegiac traditions in the Ars Amatoria and Remedia Amoris. Finally, Ovid's influence in the Middle Ages and sixteenth century is examined.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Amores I.M. Le M. Du Quesnay 2. The Heroides W.S. Anderson 3. The Ars Amatoria and Remedia Amoris A.S. Hollis 4. The Style of the Meatmorphoses E.J. Kenney 5. The Tristia: Poetry in Exile R.J. Dickinson 6. Ovid in the Middle Ages Dorothy M. Robathan 7. Ovid in the Sixteenth Century Caroline Jameson

About the author

J. Binns

Summary

Ovid, Rome’s most cynical and worldly love poet, has not until recently been highly regarded among Latin poets. Now, however, his reputation is growing, and this volume is an important contribution to the re-establishment of Ovid’s claims to critical attention.
This collection of essays ranges over a wide variety of themes and works: Ovid’s development of the Elegiac tradition handed down to him from Propertius, Catullus and Tibullus; the often disparaged and neglected Heroides; the poetry of Ovid’s miserable exile by the Black Sea; the poetic diction of the Metamorphoses, Ovid’s lengthy mythological epic which codified classical myth and legend, and has strong claims to be considered, with the exception of Virgil’s Aeneid, Rome’s greatest epic poem; humour and the blending of the didactic and elegiac traditions in the Ars Amatoria and Remedia Amoris. Finally, Ovid’s incomparable influence in the Middle Ages and sixteenth century is examined.

Product details

• Authors: J W Binns, J. Binns, J. W. Binns, J.W. Binns
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.06.2014
• EAN: 9780415740173
• ISBN: 978-0-415-74017-3
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, POETRY / Ancient & Classical, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Latin, Classical texts, Ancient Rome, Literature: history & criticism, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literature: history and criticism, Ancient, classical and medieval texts