| Metamorphoses: The New, Annotated Edition Contributor(s): Ovid (Author), Reed, Joseph D. (Other), Humphries, Rolfe (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0253033594 ISBN-13: 9780253033598 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $9.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 871.01 |
| LCCN: 2018285688 |
| Lexile Measure: 1180 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.58 lbs) 536 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ovid's Metamorphoses is one of the most influential works of Western literature, inspiring artists and writers from Titian to Shakespeare to Salman Rushdie. These are some of the most famous Roman myths as you've never read them before--sensuous, dangerously witty, audacious--from the fall of Troy to birth of the minotaur, and many others that only appear in the Metamorphoses. Connected together by the immutable laws of change and metamorphosis, the myths tell the story of the world from its creation up to the transformation of Julius Caesar from man into god. In the ten-beat, unrhymed lines of this now-legendary and widely praised translation, Rolfe Humphries captures the spirit of Ovid's swift and conversational language, bringing the wit and sophistication of the Roman poet to modern readers. This special annotated edition includes new, comprehensive commentary and notes by Joseph D. Reed, Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Brown University. |