Ovid
Metamorphoses
- ISBN 13:
- 9781603843072
- author:
- Ovid
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 538
- Dimensions:
- 21.34 x 13.97 x 2.79 centimetres
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Classics, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Stanley Lombardo's translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses brings to life a rich and vibrant work that has been too often overlooked as a unified art. This new rendering vividly captures the brutality, sadness, comedy, irony, tenderness, and eeriness of Ovid's vast world, effortlessly mirroring its pacing. Lombardo's translation is accompanied by an exhilarating Introduction by W. R. Johnson, which unweaves and reweaves many of the poem's most important themes while showing how the poet achieves some of his most brilliant effects. Together, text and introduction bring out the delightful unpredictability of Ovid's 'history of the world' down to his times. With Lombardo's spellbinding translation, neither Argus nor anyone else need fear nodding off. This is a worthwhile read for anyone interested in Western art and literature, offering a fresh perspective on a work that has been too often treated as mere vehicle for myths rather than as a unified work of art with epic ambitions.
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