No other ancient poet has had such a hold on the imagination of readers as Ovid. Through the centuries, artists, writers, and poets have found in his work inspiration for new creative endeavours.This anthology of twenty of the most influential papers published in the last thirty years represents the broad range of critical and scholarly approaches to Ovid's work. The entire range of his poetry, from the Amores to the Epistles from the Black Sea, is discussed by some of the leading scholars of Latin poetry, employing, critical methods ranging from philology to contemporary literary theory. In an introductory essay, Peter Knox surveys Ovidian scholarship over this period and locates the assembled papers within recent critical trends. Taken together, the articles in this collection offer the interested reader, whether experienced scholar or novice, an entree into the current critical discourse on Ovid, who is at once one of the most accessible authors of classical antiquity and one of the least understood.

About the Author
Peter E. Knox is Professor of Classics, University of Colorado.

Reviews
...the articles...are wholly worth reading...[some of which] I would instinctively and unreservedly regard as essential reading for every interested reader * Glenn C. Lacki, Bryn Mawr Classical Review *



Book Information
ISBN 9780199281169
Author Peter E. Knox
Format Paperback
Page Count 552
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 674g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 30mm