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Narcissus and Pygmalion : illusion and spectacle in Ovid's Metamorphoses /

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"That nature imitates art is not a paradox distilled from Oscar Wilde's pen, but the bold formulation of a Roman poet, Ovid (43 BCE–17 CE), which marks a radical turning point in ancient aesthetics, founded on the principle of mimesis. By enhancing phantasia, the artist's creative ima...

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Main Author: Rosati, Gianpiero, 1951- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English, translated from the Italian.
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Metamorphoses.
Pygmalion > (Mythological character)
Narcissus > (Greek mythological character)
Metamorphoses (Ovid)
Fairy Tales.
FICTION.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS.
Ancient & Classical.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Electronic books.
epic poetry.
Literary criticism.
Epic poetry.
Critiques littéraires.
Poésie épique.
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