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Reid Lindsay Ann <1981-> |
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Ovidian bibliofictions and the Tudor book : metamorphosing classical heroines in late medieval and Renaissance England / / Lindsay Ann Reid |
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Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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9781409457400 |
1-315-59929-5 |
0-367-88237-X |
1-317-08446-2 |
1-317-08445-4 |
1-4094-5736-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Collana |
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Material Readings in Early Modern Culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English poetry - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism |
Heroines in literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Note on Texts; 1 Introduction: Ovidian Bibliofictions and Tudor Books; 2 "If All the Yearth Wer Parchment Scribable": Ovidian Heroines in the Querelle des Femmes; 3 "Hir Name, Allas! Is Publisshed So Wyde"; 4 "Both False and Also True": Ovidian Heroines, Epistolary Elegy, and Fictionalized Materiality; 5 "Our Sainted Legendarie": The Anglo-Ovidian Heroines; Appendix: Latin Editions of Ovid in Tudor England; Early Printed Materials Consulted; Bibliography; Index |
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Focusing on the postclassical discourses that Ovid's poetry stimulated, this study explores how Ovid's English protégés - including Isabella Whitney, William Shakespeare and Michael Drayton - replicated and expanded upon the Roman poet's distinctive and frequently remarked 'bookishness' in their own adaptations of his works. Reid analyzes how Ovidian-inspired mythologies and bibliographical aetiologies informed the sixteenth-century creation, reproduction, and representation of books, and provides alternative models for thinking about the |
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