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Repeat Performances: Ovidian Repetition and the Metamorphoses (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
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Description for Repeat Performances: Ovidian Repetition and the Metamorphoses (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
Hardcover. "The papers in this volume, many of which were delivered at a two-day Langford Conference held at the Florida State University in February of 2013 .. " -- Preface. Editor(s): Fulkerson, Laurel; Stover, Tim. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 626.
Although repetition is found in all ancient literary genres, it is especially pervasive in epic poetry. Ovid’s Metamorphoses exploits this dimension of the epic genre to such an extent that past critics have faulted it as too filled with recycled themes and language. This volume seeks a deeper understanding of Ovidian repetitiveness in the context of new scholarship on intertextuality and intratextuality, examining the urposeful reuse of previous material and the effects produced by a text’s repetitive gestures.
Uniting the essays is a shared vision of the possibilities of Latin epic poetry and a series of attempts to realize ... Read more
Although repetition is found in all ancient literary genres, it is especially pervasive in epic poetry. Ovid’s Metamorphoses exploits this dimension of the epic genre to such an extent that past critics have faulted it as too filled with recycled themes and language. This volume seeks a deeper understanding of Ovidian repetitiveness in the context of new scholarship on intertextuality and intratextuality, examining the urposeful reuse of previous material and the effects produced by a text’s repetitive gestures.
Uniting the essays is a shared vision of the possibilities of Latin epic poetry and a series of attempts to realize ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Series
Wisconsin Studies in Classics
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299307509
SKU
V9780299307509
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Reviews for Repeat Performances: Ovidian Repetition and the Metamorphoses (Wisconsin Studies in Classics)
“Classicists, Renaissance scholars, and advanced students with an interest in the dynamics of literary genesis, especially epic, should find Repeat Performances an informative and valuable resource.”—Classical World