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1 online resource (215 pages) |
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Wisconsin Studies in Classics Ser |
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Wisconsin Studies in Classics Ser
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Narcissus and Elegy -- 2 The Metamorphic Medea -- 3 Daedalus and the Labyrinth of the Metamorphoses -- 4 Orpheus and the Internal Narrator -- 5 Ulysses and the Arms of Achilles -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Barbara Pavlock unmasks major figures in Ovid's Metamorphoses as surrogates for his narrative persona, highlighting the conflicted revisionist nature of the Metamorphoses. Although Ovid ostensibly validates traditional customs and institutions, instability is in fact a defining feature of both the core epic values and his own poetics |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Pavlock, Barbara The Image of the Poet in Ovid's Metamorphoses
Madison : University of Wisconsin Press,c2009 9780299231408
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Ovid, -- 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. -- Criticism and interpretation.;Ovid, -- 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. -- Metamorphoses.;Poets
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