{"product_id":"a-commentary-on-ovids-metamorphoses-volume-1-general-introduction-and-books-1-6-paperback-softback-9781009167963","title":"A Commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses: Volume 1, General Introduction and Books 1-6 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009167963","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses: Volume 1, General Introduction and Books 1-6\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first complete commentary in English on Ovid's Metamorphoses, covering textual interpretation, poetics, imagination, and ideology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlessandro Barchiesi (General editor), Gianpiero Rosati (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009167963, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e784 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4 cm, 1.115 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eComprising fifteen books and over two hundred and fifty myths, Ovid's Metamorphoses is one of the longest extant Latin poems from the ancient world and one of the most influential works in Western culture. It is an epic on desire and transgression that became a gateway to the entire world of pagan mythology and visual imagination. This, the first complete commentary in English, covers all aspects of the text – from textual interpretation to poetics, imagination, and ideology – and will be useful as a teaching aid and an orientation for those who are interested in the text and its reception. Historically, the poem's audience includes readers interested in opera and ballet, psychology and sexuality, myth and painting, feminism and posthumanism, vegetarianism and metempsychosis (to name just a few outside the area of Classical Studies).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Alessandro Barchiesi\u003cbr\u003e Commentary on Book 1 Alessandro Barchiesi\u003cbr\u003e Commentary on Book 2 Alessandro Barchiesi\u003cbr\u003e Commentary on Book 3 Alessandro Barchiesi\u003cbr\u003e Commentary on Book 4 Gianpiero Rosati\u003cbr\u003e Commentary on Book 5 Gianpiero Rosati\u003cbr\u003e Commentary on Book 6 Gianpiero Rosati\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical history \/ classical civilisation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical history \/ classical civilisation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20history%20\/%20classical%20civilisation%20%5BHBLA1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52462937047320,"sku":"9781009167963","price":42.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009167963i.jpg?v=1785542964","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-commentary-on-ovids-metamorphoses-volume-1-general-introduction-and-books-1-6-paperback-softback-9781009167963","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}