02441nam 2200553 450 991081418310332120230803035316.01-4438-6547-8(CKB)3710000000218131(EBL)1765199(SSID)ssj0001288188(PQKBManifestationID)12444062(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288188(PQKBWorkID)11293535(PQKB)10641500(MiAaPQ)EBC1765199(Au-PeEL)EBL1765199(CaPaEBR)ebr10909495(CaONFJC)MIL636931(OCoLC)887507747(EXLCZ)99371000000021813120140829h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAspects of ecphrastic technique in Ovid's Metamorphoses /by Elizabeth NortonNewcastle upon Tyne, England :Cambridge Scholars Publishing,2013.©20131 online resource (242 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-4271-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE - RHETORICAL BACKGROUND; CHAPTER TWO - SOME NOTES ON THEORY ; CHAPTER THREE - EARLY ECPHRASIS; CHAPTER FOUR - HELLENISTIC AND BEYOND; CHAPTER FIVE - OVID''S ECPHRASES; CHAPTER SIX - EPISODES OF GREAT ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXBy first examining the origins of ecphrasis as a rhetorical trope, as well as its association with simile, the author provides an historical context on which to base a discussion of Ovid's own use of the device. Consideration is given to recent theoretical approaches to the subject, as well as to a selection of ancient texts that may have influenced Ovid's work. After this, a more in-depth examination of relevant passages within the Metamorphoses is undertaken. The author concludes by consid...Fables, LatinHistory and criticismEkphrasisFables, LatinHistory and criticism.Ekphrasis.873.01Norton Elizabeth1175879MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814183103321Aspects of ecphrastic technique in Ovid's Metamorphoses3987162UNINA