Milton and the Metamorphosis of Ovid /
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 l...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Classical presences.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 a model for their own transformation of classical works. Throughout his career Milton thinks through and with Ovid, whose stories and figures inform his exploration of the limits and possibilities of creativity, change, and freedom. Examining this specific relation between two very individual and different authors, Kilgour also explores the forms and meaning of creative imitation. Intertexuality was not only central to the two writers' poetic practices but helped shape their visions of the world. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 373 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191612473 0191612472 9780191738500 0191738506 9780199584321 019958432X 9780198717126 0198717121 1283426625 9781283426626 9786613426628 6613426628 |