Playing Gods : Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Politics of Fiction /

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This book offers a novel interpretation of politics and identity in Ovid's epic poem of transformations, the Metamorphoses. Reexamining the emphatically fictional character of the poem, Playing Gods argues that Ovid uses the problem of fiction in the text to redefine the power of poetry in Augu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Feldherr, Andrew, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Metamorphoses.
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Politics and literature.
Fables, Latin.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
Politique et litterature > Rome.
Fables latines > Histoire et critique.
Politics and literature > Rome.
Fables, Latin > History and criticism.
Rome (Empire)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book offers a novel interpretation of politics and identity in Ovid's epic poem of transformations, the Metamorphoses. Reexamining the emphatically fictional character of the poem, Playing Gods argues that Ovid uses the problem of fiction in the text to redefine the power of poetry in Augustan Rome. The book also provides the fullest account yet of how the poem relates to the range of cultural phenomena that defined and projected Augustan authority, including spectacle, theater, and the visual arts. Andrew Feldherr argues that a key to the political as well as literary power of the Metamo.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (390 pages).
ISBN:9781400836543

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