OVID'S POETICS OF ILLUSION Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Cambridge University Press, 2002

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Year of publication

2002

Author

Hardie, Philip

Publishers

Cambridge University Press

Keyword

Ovid Latin Literature Poetry & Poets

Cover description

Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Binding description

Hardcover ISBN 0521800870

Description

Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Else book is fine. DJ has minor edgewear along top edge with a couple of tiny tears. ; This major study of Ovid's poetry is the first significant analysis of the importance of illusion and the conjuring presence throughout his work. Modern theoretical approaches examine the topic from the points of view of poetics and rhetoric, aesthetics, the psychology of desire, philosophy, religion, and politics. There are also case studies of the reception of Ovid's poetics of illusion in Renaissance and modern literature and art. The book will interest those studying Latin and later European literature. Foreign language sections are accompanied by English translations. ; 376 pages