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Ovid's ‘Metamorphoses’: A Reader’s Guide

✍ Scribed by Genevieve Liveley

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Leaves
203
Series
Reader’s Guides
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

Perhaps no other classical text has proved its versatility so much as Ovid's epic poem. A staple of undergraduate courses in Classical Studies, Latin, English and Comparative Literature, Metamorphoses is arguably one of the most important, canonical Latin texts and certainly among the most widely read and studied. Ovid's ‘Metamorphoses’: A Reader's Guide is the ideal companion to this epic classical text offering guidance on:
• Literary historical and cultural context
• Key themes
• Reading the text
• Reception and influence
• Further reading

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