A Companion to Ovid

Knox, Peter E. (Editor)

Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World

1. Edition March 2009
552 Pages, Hardcover
Monograph

Short Description

This volume features more than 30 newly commissioned essays by noted scholars writing on various aspects of Ovid's work, such as production, genre, and style. It presents interpretive essays on key poems and collections of poems and includes detailed discussions of Ovid's primary literary influences and his reception in English literature. The book also provides a helpful chronology of key literary and historical events during Ovid's lifetime.

ISBN: 978-1-4051-4183-3

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A Companion to Ovid is a comprehensive overview of one of the most influential poets of classical antiquity.
* Features more than 30 newly commissioned chapters by noted scholars writing in their areas of specialization
* Illuminates various aspects of Ovid's work, such as production, genre, and style
* Presents interpretive essays on key poems and collections of poems
* Includes detailed discussions of Ovid's primary literary influences and his reception in English literature
* Provides a chronology of key literary and historical events during Ovid's lifetime

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Chronological Table

Part I: Contexts

Part II: Texts

Part III: Intertexts

Part IV: Critical and Scholarly Approaches

Part V: Literary Receptions

Bibliography

Index

Peter E. Knox is Professor of Classics at the University of Colorado. His publications include Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Traditions of Augustan Poetry (1986) and Ovid, Heroides: Select Epistles (1995), as well as many articles on a wide range of topics in Greek and Roman literature.

P. E. Knox, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA