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Tales from Ovid: 24 Passages from the Metamorphoses

Tales from Ovid: 24 Passages from the Metamorphoses

by Ovid, Ted Hughes
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A powerful version of the Latin classic by England's late Poet Laureate, now in paperback.When it was published in 1997, Tales from Ovid was immediately recognized as a classic in its own right, as the best rendering of Ovid in generations, and as a major book in Ted Hughes's oeuvre. TheMetamorphoses of Ovidstands with the works of Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Milton as a classic of world poetry; Hughes translated twenty-four of its stories with great power and directness. The result is the liveliest twentieth-century version of the classic, at once a delight for the Latinist and an appealing introduction to Ovid for the general reader.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780374525873
ISBN10 0374525870
Series/Work OL15292640W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages 257
Language ENG
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

871.01 873/.01 Aeneas (Legendary character) Ancient & Classical Antiques & collectibles Baroque Painting Calendar Care and hygiene Cathedrals Church architecture Classical Mythology Classical texts Classics Comparative Literature Correspondence Early works to 1800 English literature English poetry Epic poetry European literature

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