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Ovid before Exile
Patricia Johnson
其他書名
Art and Punishment in the Metamorphoses
出版
Univ of Wisconsin Press
, 2008-02-05
主題
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
History / Ancient / Rome
Art / Art & Politics
ISBN
0299224031
9780299224035
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=EHqnvrZOnusC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
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.