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Metamorphoses: A Norton Critical Edition
Ovid
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Description for Metamorphoses: A Norton Critical Edition
Paperback. In his award-winning translation, Charles Martin combines fidelity to Ovid's text with verse that catches the speed and liveliness of the original. Translator(s): Martin, Charles. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 173 x 32. Weight in Grams: 566.
Ovid’s epic poem—whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages—is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante’s time to the present, when writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid’s work. The text is accompanied by a preface, A Note on the Translation, and detailed explanatory annotations.
“Sources and Backgrounds” includes Seneca’s inspired commentary on Ovid, Charles Martin’s essay on the ways in which pantomimic dancing—an art form popular in Ovid’s time—may have been the model for Metamorphoses, as well as related works ... Read more
Ovid’s epic poem—whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages—is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante’s time to the present, when writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid’s work. The text is accompanied by a preface, A Note on the Translation, and detailed explanatory annotations.
“Sources and Backgrounds” includes Seneca’s inspired commentary on Ovid, Charles Martin’s essay on the ways in which pantomimic dancing—an art form popular in Ovid’s time—may have been the model for Metamorphoses, as well as related works ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
580
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Norton Critical Editions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393925340
SKU
V9780393925340
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About Ovid
Charles Martin was born in New York City in 1942. He earned a Ph.D. in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo. The recipient of numerous awards, Martin has received the Bess Hokin Prize, the Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ingram ... Read more
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