Ovid in French: Reception by Women from the Renaissance to the Present
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Book Overview This collection of essays examines the ways Ovid's diverse uvre has been translated, rewritten, adapted, and responded to by a range of ...
This collection of essays examines the ways Ovid's diverse uvre has been translated, rewritten, adapted, and responded to by a range of French and Francophone women from the Renaissance to the present. It aims to reveal lesser-known voices in Ovidian reception studies, and to offer a wider historical perspective on the complex question of Ovid and gender. Ranging from Renaissance poetry to contemporary creative-criticism, it charts an understudied strand of reception studies, emphasizing how a longer view allows us to explore and challenge the notion of a female tradition of Ovidian reception. The range of genres analysed here--poetry, verse and prose translation, theatre, epistolary fiction, autofiction, autobiography, film, creative critique, and novels--also reflect the diversity of the Ovidian texts in reception from the Heroides to the Metamorphoses, from the Amores to the Ars Amatoria, from the Tristia to the Fasti. The study brings an array of critical approaches to bear on well-known authors such as George Sand, Julia Kristeva, and Marguerite Yourcenar, as well as less-known figures, from contemporary writer Linda L
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 313 | Language: English | Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR | ISBN: 0192895389
FormatHardcover
Pages313
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0192895389
EAN9780192895387
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PR
Publication Date1970-01-01
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight1.45 Pounds
Length8.9 Inches
Width6.4 Inches
Height1.4 Inches
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