New Songs for Orpheus

In New Songs for Orpheus, John Reibetanz updates Ovid's poetry. His words showed him to be a person of deep empathy for natural, animal, and human worlds, and Reibetanz posits that Ovid would be eager to take account of all that we have learned about them in the past two thousand years.

About the author

John Reibetanz is an award-winning poet and fellow of Victoria College, University of Toronto, and senior fellow at Massey College. His most recent collection is Earth Words: Conversing with Three Sages.

Summary

In New Songs for Orpheus, John Reibetanz updates Ovid’s poetry. His words showed him to be a person of deep empathy for natural, animal, and human worlds, and Reibetanz posits that Ovid would be eager to take account of all that we have learned about them in the past two thousand years.

Product details

• Authors: John Reibetanz
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9780228016946
• ISBN: 978-0-228-01694-6
• No. of pages: 150
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 126 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 176 g
• Series: Hugh Maclennan Poetry Series
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama