{"product_id":"a-companion-to-ovid-hardback-9781405141833","title":"A Companion to Ovid (Hardback) 9781405141833","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Ovid\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter E. Knox (Edited by), PE Knox (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405141833, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 March 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e560 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.5 x 18.3 x 3.7 cm, 1.134 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The result is something quite extraordinary, a coherent and engaging treatment of the full corpus of Ovid’s writing in just under 130 pages . . . V. has produced an eminently readable, highly engaging introduction to Ovid, one that speaks to exactly the audience she had envisaged, in a voice both accessible and smart.”  (\u003ci\u003eThe Classical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Aimed at the general reading public and at newcomers to Ovid, her book is also a delight for experienced Ovidian scholars, providing an engaging, attractive, and thoughtful overview of the poet and his works that shows why his oeuvre remains intellectually valuable as well as an enjoyable read. Fluent and accessible, the volume covers a great deal of ground with lightness of foot. Volk takes a thematic approach that cuts across individual works in productive ways, but the simple titles of the chapters – ‘Work’, ‘Life’, ‘Elegy’, ‘Myth’, ‘Art’, ‘Women’, ‘Rome’, ‘Reception’ – do not adequately convey a sense of the treasures that lie within their pages.”  (\u003ci\u003eGreece \u0026amp; Rome\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2012)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Ovid\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive overview of one of the most influential poets of classical antiquity.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures more than 30 newly commissioned chapters by noted scholars writing in their areas of specialization\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIlluminates various aspects of Ovid's work, such as production, genre, and style\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents interpretive essays on key poems and collections of poems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes detailed discussions of Ovid's primary literary influences and his reception in English literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a chronology of key literary and historical events during Ovid's lifetime\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures viii  \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronological Table xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Contexts 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. A Poet’s Life 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter E. Knox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Poetry in Augustan Rome 8\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMario Citroni\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Rhetoric and Ovid’s Poetry 26\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElaine Fantham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Ovid and Religion 45\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulia Dyson Hejduk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Texts 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Amores: Ovid Making Love 61\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoan Booth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Heroides: Female Elegy? 78\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaurel Fulkerson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Ars Amatoria 90\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoy K. Gibson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Remedia Amoris 104\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBarbara Weiden Boyd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Fasti: The Poet, The Prince, and the Plebs 120\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeraldine Herbert-Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Metamorphoses: A Poet’s Poem 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eE. J. Kenney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Metamorphoses: Politics and Narrative 154\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGareth D. Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Tristia 170\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJo-Marie Claassen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Ibis 184\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartin Helzle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Epistulae ex Ponto 194\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLuigi Galasso\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Lost and Spurious Works 207\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter E. Knox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Intertexts 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Ovid and Hellenistic Poetry 219\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJane L. Lightfoot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Ovid and Callimachus: Rewriting the Master 236\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBenjamin Acosta-Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Ovid’s Catullus and the Neoteric Moment in Roman Poetry 252\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Wray\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Propertius and Ovid 265\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eS. J. Heyworth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Tibullus and Ovid 279\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Maltby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Ovid’s Reception of Virgil 294\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard F. Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Critical and Scholarly Approaches 309\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Editing Ovid: Immortal Works and Material Texts 311\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMark Possanza\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Commenting on Ovid 327\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter E. Knox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Ovidian Intertextuality 341\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSergio Casali\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Sexuality and Gender 355\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlison Keith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Ovid’s Generic Transformations 370\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph Farrell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Theorizing Ovid 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEfrossini Spentzou\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Literary Receptions 395\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Ovidian Strategies in Early Imperial Literature 397\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles McNelis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. The Medieval Ovid 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn M. Fyler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Ovid in Renaissance English Literature 423\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHeather James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. Ovid and Shakespeare 442\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGordon Braden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. Ovid in the Twentieth Century 455\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTheodore Ziolkowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. 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