ISBN: 9781365851070

The Metamorphoses of Ovid offers to the modern world such a key to the literary and religious culture of the ancients that it becomes an important event when at last a good poet comes up … Plus…

The Metamorphoses of Ovid offers to the modern world such a key to the literary and religious culture of the ancients that it becomes an important event when at last a good poet comes up with a translation into English verse. —John Crowe Ransom . . . a charming and expert English version, which is right in tone for the Metamorphoses. —Francis FergussonThis new Ovid, fresh and faithful, is right for our time and should help to restore a great reputation. —Mark Van DorenThe first and still the best modern verse translation of the Metamorphoses, Humphries' version of Ovid's masterpiece captures its wit, merriment, and sophistication.Everyone will enjoy this first modern translation by an American poet of Ovid's great work, the major treasury of classical mythology, which has perennially stimulated the minds of men. In this lively rendering there are no stock props of the pastoral and no literary landscaping, but real food on the table and sometimes real blood on the ground.Not only is Ovid's Metamorphoses a collection of all the myths of the time of the Roman poet as he knew them, but the book presents at the same time a series of love poems—about the loves of men, women, and the gods. There are also poems of hate, to give the proper shading to the narrative. And pervading all is the writer's love for this earth, its people, its phenomena.Using ten-beat, unrhymed lines in his translation, Rolfe Humphries shows a definite kinship for Ovid's swift and colloquial language and Humphries' whole poetic manner is in tune with the wit and sophistication of the Roman poet. Digital Content>E-books>Poetry>Poetry>Poetry, Enhanced Media Publishing Digital >16<

2017, ISBN: 9781365851070

This volume is the penultimate source volume of Metamorphoses, a work which continues to inspire interest in each generation and has an enduring value for both the classicists and for stu… Plus…

This volume is the penultimate source volume of Metamorphoses, a work which continues to inspire interest in each generation and has an enduring value for both the classicists and for students of comparative literature. Inhoud: Taal: Engels; Bindwijze: E-book; Druk: New edition; Verschijningsdatum: maart 2017; Afmetingen: Afmeting: 21 x 15 x 3,3 cm; Aantal pagina's: 528 pagina's; Ebook formaat: Adobe ePub; Aanbevolen leeftijd: 18 jaar; Illustraties: Nee; Betrokkenen: Auteur(s): Ovid | Ovid | John Dryden; Redacteur: Roy K. Gibson; Co-redacteur: Philip Hardie; Uitgever: Enhanced Media Publishing; Vertaling: Vertaald door: Horace Gregory | Mary Innes; Lees mogelijkheden: Lees dit ebook op: Android (smartphone en tablet) | Kobo e-reader | Desktop (Mac en Windows) | iOS (smartphone en tablet) | Windows (smartphone en tablet) | Overige e-reader; Ebook formaat: Adobe ePub; EAN: Overige kenmerken: Gewicht: 267 g; Studieboek: Ja; Verpakking breedte: 130 mm; Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm; Verpakking lengte: 198 mm; Boeken, Poëzie, Bloemlezingen & Letterkunde, Klassieke teksten, Taalwetenschap, Enhanced Media Publishing<

ISBN: 9781365851070

Ovid's Metamorphoses gains its ideal twenty-first-century herald in Stanley Lombardo's bracing translation of a wellspring of Western art and literature that is too often treated,… Plus…

Ovid's Metamorphoses gains its ideal twenty-first-century herald in Stanley Lombardo's bracing translation of a wellspring of Western art and literature that is too often treated, even by poets, as a mere vehicle for the scores of myths it recasts and transmits rather than as a unified work of art with epic-scale ambitions of its own. Such misconceptions are unlikely to survive a reading of Lombardo's rendering, which vividly mirrors the brutality, sadness, comedy, irony, tenderness, and eeriness of Ovid's vast world as well as the poem’s effortless pacing. Under Lombardo's spell, neither Argus nor anyone else need fear nodding off.The translation is accompanied by an exhilarating Introduction by W. R. Johnson that unweaves and reweaves many of the poem’s most important themes while showing how the poet achieves some of his most brilliant effects.An analytical table of contents, a catalog of transformations, and a glossary are also included. Digital Content>E-books>Poetry>Poetry>Poetry, Enhanced Media Publishing Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781365851070

Metamorphoses--the best-known poem by one of the wittiest poets of classical antiquity--takes as its theme change and transformation, as illustrated by Greco-Roman myth and legend. Melvil… Plus…

Metamorphoses--the best-known poem by one of the wittiest poets of classical antiquity--takes as its theme change and transformation, as illustrated by Greco-Roman myth and legend. Melville's new translation reproduces the grace and fluency of Ovid's style, and its modern idiom offers a fresh understanding of Ovid's unique and elusive vision of reality.About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Digital Content>E-books>Poetry>Poetry>Poetry, Enhanced Media Publishing Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781365851070

This cohesive collection of stories from Greek and Roman mythology recounts tales of recorded transformations. Comprised of over fifty stories, it chronicles the legends of King Midus, Da… Plus…

This cohesive collection of stories from Greek and Roman mythology recounts tales of recorded transformations. Comprised of over fifty stories, it chronicles the legends of King Midus, Daedalus, Icarus, Hercules, and the Trojan War, making this the definitive work of classical mythology.THE MYTHOLOGICAL MASTERPIECE...Newly repackaged and virtually perfect. (The New York Times Book Review) Digital Content>E-books>Poetry>Poetry>Poetry, Enhanced Media Publishing Digital >16<