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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 200
Utgivningsdatum: 2010-12-30
Förlag: University of Wisconsin Press
Dimensioner: 230 x 154 x 12 mm
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ISBN: 9780299224042

Ovid before Exile

Name: Ovid before Exile
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Author: Patricia J Johnson
ISBN: 9780299224042

Art and Punishment in the 'Metamorphoses'

av Patricia J Johnson

Häftad, Engelska, 2010-12-30

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The epic Metamorphoses, Ovid's most renowned work, has regained its stature among the masterpieces of great poets such as Vergil, Horace, and Tibullus. Yet its irreverent tone and bold defiance of generic boundaries set the Metamorphoses apart from its contemporaries. Ovid before Exile provides a compelling new reading of the epic, examining the text in light of circumstances surrounding the final years of Augustus' reign, a time when a culture of poets and patrons was in sharp decline, discouraging and even endangering artistic freedom of expression. Patricia J. Johnson demonstrates how the production of art--specifically poetry--changed dramatically during the reign of Augustus. By Ovid's final decade in Rome, the atmosphere for artistic work had transformed, leading to a drop in poetic production of quality. Johnson shows how Ovid, in the episodes of artistic creation that anchor his Metamorphoses, responded to his audience and commented on artistic circumstances in Rome.

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"A very readable close analysis of the key episodes about artists and their relationship to their audiences and those in power. Johnson shows that the sense of foreboding about artistic freedom of expression that pervades Ovid's exile-poetry had set in even when he was writing the earlier Metamorphoses."--Martin Helzle, Case Western Reserve University "Johnson offer[s] useful interpretive observations, especially on Ovid's use of his Greek and Latin influences."--Choice "[A]n engagingly-written and well-constructed book which should be of interest to students and scholars of Ovid alike."--Rebecca Armstrong, Journal of Roman Studies "A new and stimulating reading of three central episodes of Ovid's brilliant Metamorphoses: the artistic contests between the Muses and their challengers, and Minerva and her challenger Arachne, and the more extended tale of Orpheus singing his lays of boy-love and forbidden female passions. All three narratives are set in the full dimensions of Ovid's own literary and political context. Johnson's scholarship is up-to-date, and her subtle interpretation is supported by translation of all passages discussed. It is at the center of current Latin literary studies, and should provoke lively and positive reactions."--Elaine Fantham, Princeton University

Patricia J. Johnson is associate professor of classical studies at Boston University.