Playing gods: Ovid's Metamorphoses and the politics of fiction
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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Princeton
Princeton University Press
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ovidius Naso, Publius 43 BC-17, Metamorphoses
B Girard, René 1923-2015 |
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Ovid (43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D) Metamorphoses
B Politics and literature Rome B Fables, Latin History and criticism B Politics and literature (Rome) B Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D Metamorphoses B Fables, Latin History and criticism |
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| Summary: | 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 Met |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (x, 377 p) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-13814-5 |
