Ovidian Bibliofictions and the Tudor Book - Metamorphosing Classical Heroines in Late Medieval Renaissance

The author analyzes how Ovidian-inspired mythologies and bibliographical aetiologies informed the sixteenth-century creation, reproduction, and representation of books, and provides alternative models for thinking about the dynamics of reception, adaptation, and imitation.

List of contents

'If all the yearth wer parchment scribable': Ovidian heroines in the Querelle des Femmes. 'Hir name, allas! Is publisshed so wyde': fama, gossip, and the dissemination of a pseudo-Ovidian heroine. 'Both false and also true': Ovidian heroines, epistolary elegy, and fictionalized materiality. 'Our sainted legendarie': the Anglo-Ovidian heroines. Appendix: Latin editions of Ovid in Tudor England. Early printed materials consulted.

About the author

Lindsay Ann Reid is Lecturer in English at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Summary

The author analyzes how Ovidian-inspired mythologies and bibliographical aetiologies informed the sixteenth-century creation, reproduction, and representation of books, and provides alternative models for thinking about the dynamics of reception, adaptation, and imitation.

Product details

• Authors: Lindsay Ann Reid, Reid Lindsay Ann
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367882372
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88237-2
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Material Readings in Early Modern Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Medieval style