书目

Metamorphosis (Penguin Classics)

  • 作者 Ovid著
  • 出版社 Penguin
  • 出版时间 2007年8月 第1版
  • ISBN 9780140440584
  • 定价 98.40

内容简介

ThefirstEnglishtranslationofoneofthesuprememasterpiecesofLatinliterature,Golding'sMetamorphoses(1567)decisivelyinfluencedShakespeare,SpenserandthecharacterofEnglishRenaissancewriting.Ovid'sdeliciouslywittyandpoignantepicstartswiththecreationoftheworldandbringstogetheraseriesofingeniouslylinkedmythsandlegendsinwhichmenandwomenaretransformed,oftenbylove-intoflowers,trees,stonesandstars.ThisrobustlyvernacularversionaddsaChristianmoralframework,clarifiesobscuritiesandgivesanEnglishflavourtotherusticsettings,thusmakingreadilyavailabletolaterwritersatreasure-troveofcomic,eerieanderotictales.

作者简介

PUBLIUSOVIDUSNASOwasbornin43BCincentralItaly.HewassenttoRomewhereherealisedthathistalentlaywithpoetryratherthanwithpolitics.Hisfirstpublishedworkwas'Amores',acollectionofshortlovepoems.HoweverhewasexpelledinA.D.8byEmperorAugustusforanunknownreason.HewenttoTomisontheBlackSeawherehediedinA.D.17.MaryM.InnesisagraduateofGlasgowandOxfordUniversities.

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