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Description:This collection of fifteen essays examines the literary influence of Ovid’s Metamorphoses from the late Middle Ages to the seventeenth century. Such notable authors as Christine de Pizan, Gower, Chaucer, Petrarch, Scève, Cervantes, Góngora, and Milton are explored. By concentrating on Ovid’s most influential work, the volume fills a specific niche in the general literature of classical influences in medieval and early modern Europe.ContentsAlison Keith and Stephen Rupp, “After Ovid: Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern Receptions of the Metamorphoses“Frank T. Coulson, “Ovid’s Transformations in Medieval France (ca. 1100-ca. 1350)”Marilynn Desmond, “The Goddess Diana and the Ethics of Reading in the Ovide moralisé“Suzanne Conklin Akbari, “Metaphor and Metamorphosis in the Ovide moralisé and Christine de Pizan’s Mutacion de Fortune“Patricia Zalamea, “At the Ovidian Pool: Christine de Pizan’s Fountain of Wisdom as a Locus for Vision”Kathryn McKinley, “Lessons for a King from Gower’s Confessio amantis 5″Jamie C. Fumo, “Argus’ Eyes, Midas’ Ears, and the Wife of Bath as Storyteller”Thomas Willard, “The Metamorphoses of Metals: Ovid and the Alchemists”Cora Fox, “Authorising the Metamorphic Witch: Ovid in Reginald Scot’s Discoverie of Witchcraft“Gur Zak, “A Humanist in Exile: Ovid’s Myth of Narcissus and the Experience of Self in Petrarch’s Secretum“Cynthia Nazarian, “Actaeon ego sum: Ovidian Dismemberment and Lyric Voice in Petrarch and Maurice Scève”Julia Branna Perlman, “Venus, Myrrha, Cupid and/as Adonis: Metamorphoses 10 and the Artistry of Incest”R. John McCaw, “Transforming Phaethon: Cervantes, Ovid, and Sancho Panza’s Wild Ride”Sanda Munjic, “A Reflection on Greed Through Bird Imagery: An Ovidian Pre-Text in Góngora’s Solitudes“Maggie Kilgour, “Changing Ovid”We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Metamorphosis: The Changing Face of Ovid in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. To get started finding Metamorphosis: The Changing Face of Ovid in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This collection of fifteen essays examines the literary influence of Ovid’s Metamorphoses from the late Middle Ages to the seventeenth century. Such notable authors as Christine de Pizan, Gower, Chaucer, Petrarch, Scève, Cervantes, Góngora, and Milton are explored. By concentrating on Ovid’s most influential work, the volume fills a specific niche in the general literature of classical influences in medieval and early modern Europe.ContentsAlison Keith and Stephen Rupp, “After Ovid: Classical, Medieval, and Early Modern Receptions of the Metamorphoses“Frank T. Coulson, “Ovid’s Transformations in Medieval France (ca. 1100-ca. 1350)”Marilynn Desmond, “The Goddess Diana and the Ethics of Reading in the Ovide moralisé“Suzanne Conklin Akbari, “Metaphor and Metamorphosis in the Ovide moralisé and Christine de Pizan’s Mutacion de Fortune“Patricia Zalamea, “At the Ovidian Pool: Christine de Pizan’s Fountain of Wisdom as a Locus for Vision”Kathryn McKinley, “Lessons for a King from Gower’s Confessio amantis 5″Jamie C. Fumo, “Argus’ Eyes, Midas’ Ears, and the Wife of Bath as Storyteller”Thomas Willard, “The Metamorphoses of Metals: Ovid and the Alchemists”Cora Fox, “Authorising the Metamorphic Witch: Ovid in Reginald Scot’s Discoverie of Witchcraft“Gur Zak, “A Humanist in Exile: Ovid’s Myth of Narcissus and the Experience of Self in Petrarch’s Secretum“Cynthia Nazarian, “Actaeon ego sum: Ovidian Dismemberment and Lyric Voice in Petrarch and Maurice Scève”Julia Branna Perlman, “Venus, Myrrha, Cupid and/as Adonis: Metamorphoses 10 and the Artistry of Incest”R. John McCaw, “Transforming Phaethon: Cervantes, Ovid, and Sancho Panza’s Wild Ride”Sanda Munjic, “A Reflection on Greed Through Bird Imagery: An Ovidian Pre-Text in Góngora’s Solitudes“Maggie Kilgour, “Changing Ovid”We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Metamorphosis: The Changing Face of Ovid in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. To get started finding Metamorphosis: The Changing Face of Ovid in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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