Playing Gods : Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Politics of Fiction
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0691138141
ISBN-13
9780691138145
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Imprint
Princeton University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 5th, 2010
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
696 grams
Dimensions
23.90 x 16.30 x 2.90 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medievalLiterary studies: poetry & poets
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Offers an interpretation of politics and identity in Ovid's epic poem of transformations, "The Metamorphoses". Examining the emphatically fictional character of the poem, this book argues that Ovid uses the problem of fiction in the text to redefine the power of poetry in Augustan Rome.
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