1st Edition

Ovid (Routledge Revivals)

By J. Binns Copyright 1973
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

Ovid, Rome’s most cynical and worldly love poet, has not until recently been highly regarded among Latin poets. Now, however, his reputation is growing, and this volume is an important contribution to the re-establishment of Ovid’s claims to critical attention. This collection of essays ranges over a wide variety of themes and works: Ovid’s development of the Elegiac tradition handed down to... Read more

Introduction; 1. The Amores I.M. Le M. Du Quesnay 2. The Heroides W.S. Anderson 3. The Ars Amatoria and Remedia Amoris A.S. Hollis 4. The Style of the Meatmorphoses E.J. Kenney 5. The Tristia: Poetry in Exile R.J. Dickinson 6. Ovid in the Middle Ages Dorothy M. Robathan 7. Ovid in the Sixteenth Century Caroline Jameson

Biography

J. Binns