| Mythical and Legendary Narrative in Ovid's Fasti Contributor(s): Murgatroyd, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004143203 ISBN-13: 9789004143203 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $190.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: This book analyses the mythical and legendary narratives in the Fasti as narrative. It covers aspects such as aperture, closure, characterization, internal narrators, description, space, time and also the narratives' complex relationship with Virgil, Livy and Ovid's own earlier works. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 871.01 |
| LCCN: 2004062923 |
| Series: Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.46" W x 9.66" (1.58 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book analyses the mythical and legendary narratives in Ovid's Fasti as narrative and concentrates on the neglected literary aspects of these stories. It combines traditional tools of literary criticism with more modern techniques (taken especially from narratology and intertextuality). From a narratological viewpoint it covers important features such as aperture, closure, characterization, internal narrators, description, space, time and cinematic technique. On the intertextual level it examines the narratives' complex relationship with Virgil, Livy and Ovid's own earlier works. Recent criticism on the Fasti has addressed various elements (religious, historical, political, astronomical etc.), but detailed narrative study has been wanting. This book fills that gap, to provide a more informed and balanced appreciation of this multifaceted poem aimed at classicists and literary critics in general (for whom all the Latin is translated). |