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Author:

Fantham, Elaine.

Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses / Elaine Fantham.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xii, 178 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Ovid,--43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.--Metamorphoses.
Fables, Latin--History and criticism.
Mythology, Classical, in literature.
Metamorphosis in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Transforming bodies, transforming epic -- Creation, flood, and fire -- Cadmus and the tragic dynasty of Thebes -- Human artistry and divine jealousy -- The lives of women -- Aspects of love -- Heroes-old style and new -- Fantasy, the fabulous and the miraculous metamorphoses of nature -- Genre and narrative : Ovid's polymorphous poem -- After Ovid.

Series:

Oxford approaches to classical literature

ISBN:

9780195154108 (Paper)
019515410X (Paper)
9780195154092 (Cloth)
0195154096 (Cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56414562

LCCN:

2003016164

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)