Ovids Metamorphoses - A New Translation

"An astonishing translation. Soucy's sophisticated rhythms carry the force, violence, and beauty of Ovid's immortal poem. Reading it, reading it out loud, I felt so palpably the vitality thrumming beneath the refinement of form."--Richie Hofmann, author of A Hundred Lovers

"What a pleasure to read! For anyone who knows the original, Luke Soucy's swift translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses is full of ingenuity and resourcefulness; for newcomers, it is a superb introduction to the poem's pace and spirit."--Jeff Dolven, author of Senses of Style: Poetry before Interpretation

About the author

C. Luke Soucy is a translator, poet, and vocal Minnesota native. In addition to literary translation, he has worked in regional theatre, in a chromatography lab, and as a university bureaucrat. Soucy is a 2019 graduate of Princeton University, where he received the E. E. Cummings Society Prize of the Academy of American Poets.

Product details

• Authors: Ovid, C. Luke Soucy, C. Luke Ovid Soucy
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.11.2023
• EAN: 9780520394858
• ISBN: 978-0-520-39485-8
• Series: World Literature in Translation
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Historical / Ancient, FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Ancient World, Literature: history & criticism, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Classic fiction: general and literary