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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Fiction and empire. Metamorphosis and fiction
  • Wavering identity
  • Spectacle. Homo spectator
  • Poets in the arena
  • Philomela again?
  • Ovid and the visual arts. Faith in images
  • "Songs the greater image"
  • Conclusion.

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