Milton and the Metamorphosis of Ovid [[electronic resource] /] / Maggie Kilgour

• Autore: Kilgour Maggie
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (398 p.)
• Disciplina: 821/.4
• Soggetto topico: English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism
• Soggetto geografico: Rome Antiquities History and criticism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Editions; Introduction: Milton and the Renaissance Ovids; Milton's Ovidian art; Some other Renaissance Ovids; Ovid and Virgil; Beyond the Metamorphoses; Portrait of the artist as a young devil; 1. Choosing Ovids (1); Mastering the arts of allusion; First Flowers; Comus and the Translatio Ovidii; 2. Choosing Ovids (2); More Ovids; Rereading Ovid's rapes; Poet of the year; It's about time; Milton and the passing of time; Masquing revolution; 3. Reflections of Narcissus; Forms of change; Ovid's original; Renaissance Narcissi ; Milton's original copyFalling, in love; 4. Self-Consuming Artists; Milton Narcissus; Envy and emulation; Ovidian invidia; Milton and the arts of envy; Falling poets; Sin and her originals; Conclusion: Last Words; The once and future Milton; Ovid's bad readers; The author as reader; The anxiety of reception; Reading Samson Agonistes; A phoenix too frequent; 'The last of me or no I cannot warrant'; Go Little Book; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Milton and the Metamorphosis of Ovid contributes to our understanding of the Roman poet Ovid, the Renaissance writer Milton, and more broadly the transmission and transformation of classical traditions through history. It examines the ways in which Milton drew on Ovid's oeuvre, as well as the long tradition of reception that had begun with Ovid himself, and argues that Ovid's revision of the past, and especially his relation to Virgil, gave Renaissance writers amodel for their own transformation of classical works. Throughout his career Milton thinks through and with Ovid, whose stories and fi
• Titolo autorizzato: Milton and the Metamorphosis of Ovid
• ISBN: 0-19-871712-1; 1-283-42662-5; 9786613426628; 0-19-161247-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996217915203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Classical presences.