Aspects of ecphrastic technique in Ovid's Metamorphoses / / by Elizabeth Norton
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| Autore: |
Norton Elizabeth
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| Titolo: |
Aspects of ecphrastic technique in Ovid's Metamorphoses / / by Elizabeth Norton
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| Pubblicazione: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013 |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 873.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Fables, Latin - History and criticism |
| Ekphrasis | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | By 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... |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Aspects of ecphrastic technique in Ovid's Metamorphoses |
| ISBN: | 1-4438-6547-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814183103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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