A commentary on Ovid [[electronic resource] ] : Fasti book VI / / R. Joy Littlewood
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| Autore: |
Littlewood R. Joy
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| Titolo: |
A commentary on Ovid [[electronic resource] ] : Fasti book VI / / R. Joy Littlewood
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (lxxxvi, 259 p. ) : ill., map |
| Disciplina: | 871.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Didactic poetry, Latin - History and criticism |
| Fasts and feasts in literature | |
| Calendar in literature | |
| Altri autori: |
Ovid <43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.>
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| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-247) and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | INTRODUCTION; 1. Ovid's Fasti in its historical context; 2. Augustus' reorganization of Roman religion and its impact on Fasti VI; 3. Genre and antiquarianism; 4. Themes; 5. Ovid's narrative technique; 6. Ovid's debt to Livy in Fasti 6; 7. The text; LIST OF ALTERNATIVE READINGS; STRUCTURAL OUTLINE OF OVID'S CALENDAR FOR JUNE; COMMENTARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Ovid's 'Fasti, Book 6' is the last of his calendar poems. This book analyses Ovid's account of the festivals of June, and explores the subtle interrelationships of history, literature, religion, and politics in the Augustan age. It also explores the accuracy of Ovid's antiquarianism, and his expansion of generic boundaries. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A commentary on Ovid |
| ISBN: | 1-280-90466-6 |
| 0-19-181939-5 | |
| 0-19-156920-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791499603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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