Ovid's Heroides and the Augustan principate /

43 BCE, the year after the assassination of Julius Caesar. While the Roman republic had seen many conflicts, it was this civil war, headed by the vengeful triumvirate of Mark Anthony, Marcus Lepidus, and Octavian, that irrevocably transformed Rome with its upheaval. What followed was years of fighti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ottone, Megan Drinkwater, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2022]
Colección:Wisconsin studies in classics.
Temas:
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Heroides.
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Political and social views.
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Heroides (Ovid)
Epistolary poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Poésie épistolaire latine > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Epistolary poetry, Latin
Political and social views
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Heroides in context
  • Narrative interrupted: Heroides 7
  • Viscera nostra: Heroides 1
  • Real poetry: imaginary and symbolic dissonance in Heroides 3
  • Interlude: Time, place, and exile in Heroides 5
  • Critical reading in Heroides 16 and 17
  • Coda: Hindsight and the double Heroides.

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