Ovid Before Exile : Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses.
Johnson, Patricia.
Ovid Before Exile : Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (200 pages) - Wisconsin Studies in Classics Series . - Wisconsin Studies in Classics Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Ovid's Artists -- 2 The Poetic Contest: Metamorphoses 5 -- 3 The Weaving Contest: Metamorphoses 6 -- 4 Songs from Hell: Metamorphoses 10 -- 5 Ovid Anticipates Exile -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index Locorum.
The epic Metamorphoses, Ovid's most renowned work, has regained its stature among the masterpieces of great poets such as Vergil, Horace, and Tibullus. Yet its irreverent tone and bold defiance of generic boundaries set the Metamorphoses apart from its contemporaries. Ovid before Exile provides a compelling new reading of the epic, examining the text in light of circumstances surrounding the final years of Augustus' reign, a time when a culture of poets and patrons was in sharp decline, discouraging and even endangering artistic freedom of expression. Patricia J. Johnson demonstrates how the production of art--specifically poetry--changed dramatically during the reign of Augustus. By Ovid's final decade in Rome, the atmosphere for artistic work had transformed, leading to a drop in poetic production of quality. Johnson shows how Ovid, in the episodes of artistic creation that anchor his Metamorphoses, responded to his audience and commented on artistic circumstances in Rome.
9780299224035
Ovid,-43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.-Metamorphoses.
Ovid,-43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.-Criticism and interpretation.
Epic poetry, Latin-History and criticism.
Art and state-Rome.
Freedom and art-Rome.
Electronic books.
PA6519
873/.01
Ovid Before Exile : Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (200 pages) - Wisconsin Studies in Classics Series . - Wisconsin Studies in Classics Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Ovid's Artists -- 2 The Poetic Contest: Metamorphoses 5 -- 3 The Weaving Contest: Metamorphoses 6 -- 4 Songs from Hell: Metamorphoses 10 -- 5 Ovid Anticipates Exile -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Index Locorum.
The epic Metamorphoses, Ovid's most renowned work, has regained its stature among the masterpieces of great poets such as Vergil, Horace, and Tibullus. Yet its irreverent tone and bold defiance of generic boundaries set the Metamorphoses apart from its contemporaries. Ovid before Exile provides a compelling new reading of the epic, examining the text in light of circumstances surrounding the final years of Augustus' reign, a time when a culture of poets and patrons was in sharp decline, discouraging and even endangering artistic freedom of expression. Patricia J. Johnson demonstrates how the production of art--specifically poetry--changed dramatically during the reign of Augustus. By Ovid's final decade in Rome, the atmosphere for artistic work had transformed, leading to a drop in poetic production of quality. Johnson shows how Ovid, in the episodes of artistic creation that anchor his Metamorphoses, responded to his audience and commented on artistic circumstances in Rome.
9780299224035
Ovid,-43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.-Metamorphoses.
Ovid,-43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.-Criticism and interpretation.
Epic poetry, Latin-History and criticism.
Art and state-Rome.
Freedom and art-Rome.
Electronic books.
PA6519
873/.01