Playing gods: Ovid's Metamorphoses and the politics of fiction

Feldherr, Andrew

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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Main Author:	Feldherr, Andrew 1963- (Author)
Format:	Electronic Book
Language:	English
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Published:	Princeton Princeton University Press 2010
In:	Year: 2010
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:	B Ovidius Naso, Publius 43 BC-17, Metamorphoses B Girard, René 1923-2015
Further subjects:	B 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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