书目

Metamorphoses

内容简介

Ovid'sdeliciouslycleverandexuberantepic，nowinagorgeousnewclothboundeditiondesignedbytheaward-winningCoralieBickford-Smith.Thesedelectableandcollectableeditionsareboundinhigh-quality，tactileclothwithfoilstampedintothedesign.Ovid'ssensuousandwittypoetrybringstogetheradazzlingarrayofmythologicaltales，ingeniouslylinkedbytheideaoftransformation-oftenasaresultofloveorlust-wheremenandwomenfindthemselvesmagicallychangedintonewandsometimesextraordinarybeings.BeginningwiththecreationoftheworldandendingwiththedeificationofAugustus，Ovidinterweavesmanyofthebest-knownmythsandlegendsofAncientGreeceandRome，includingDaedalusandIcarus，PyramusandThisbe，Pygmalion，PerseusandAndromeda，andthefallofTroy.Eruditebutlight-hearted，dramaticyetplayful，theMetamorphoseshasinfluencedwritersandartiststhroughoutthecenturiesfromShakespeareandTitiantoPicassoandTedHughes.Ovid(43BC-18AD)wasbornatSulmo(Sulmona)incentralItaly.ComingfromawealthyRomanfamilyandseeminglydestinedforacareerinpolitics，heheldminorofficialpostsbeforeleavingpublicservicetowrite，becomingthemostdistinguishedpoetofhistime.Hisworks，allpublishedinPenguinClassics，includeAmores，acollectionofshortlovepoems;Heroides，verse-letterswrittenbymythologicalheroinestotheirlovers;ArsAmatoria，asatiricalhandbookonlove;andMetamorphoses，hisepicworkthathasinspiredcountlesswritersandartiststhroughtheages.DavidRaeburnisalecturerinClassicsatOxford，andhasalsotranslatedSophocles'ElectraandOtherPlaysforPenguinClassics.DenisFeeneyisProfessorofClassicsatPrinceton.

作者简介

Ovid(43BCE–18CE)wasbornatSulmo(modernSulmona)incentralItaly.ComingfromawealthyRomanfamilyandseeminglydestinedforacareerinpolitics,heheldminorofficialpostsbeforeleavingpublicservicetowrite,becomingthemostdistinguishedpoetofhistime.Hisworks,allpublishedbyPenguinClassics,includeAmores,acollectionofshortlovepoems;Heroides,verse-letterswrittenbymythologicalheroinestotheirlovers;ArsAmatoria,asatiricalhandbookonlove;andMetamorphoses,hisepicworkthathasinspiredcountlesswritersandartiststhroughtheages.DavidRaeburn(translator)isalecturerinClassicsatOxford,andhasalsotranslatedSophocles’ElectraandOtherPlaysforPenguinClassics.DenisFeeney(introducer)isaprofessorofClassicsatPrinceton.CoralieBickford-Smith(coverillustrator)isanaward-winningdesigneratPenguinBooks(U.K.),whereshehascreatedseveralhighlyacclaimedseriesdesigns.ShestudiedtypographyatReadingUniversityandlivesinLondon.,,,,

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Hardcover Classics

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