Ovid As an Epic Poet

Klappentext Professor Otis shows that the unity of Ovid's Metamorphoses is not in the linkage but in the order or succession of episodes, motifs and ideas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prefaces; List of abbreviations; 1. The problem; 2. The limitations of the elegist; 3. The plan of Ovid's epic; 4. The divine comedy; 5. The avenging gods; 6. The pathos of love: I; 7. The pathos of love: II; 8. Troy and Rome; 9. Conclusion; Appendix; Indices.

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• Authors: Brooks Otis, Otis Brooks
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521143172
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14317-2
• No. of pages: 460
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets