Metamorphoses Of Ovid (e-bog) af -
Mandelbaum, Allen (oversætter)

Metamorphoses Of Ovid e-bog

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Through National Book Award-winning translator Allen Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid is revealed anew.Savage and sophisticated, mischievious and majestic, witty and wicked, The Metamorphoses weaves together every major mythological story to...
E-bog 118,58 DKK
Forfattere Mandelbaum, Allen (oversætter)
Forlag Mariner Books
Udgivet 18 januar 2017
Længde 576 sider
Genrer Ancient, classical and medieval texts
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781328787286
Through National Book Award-winning translator Allen Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid is revealed anew.Savage and sophisticated, mischievious and majestic, witty and wicked, The Metamorphoses weaves together every major mythological story to display a dazzling array of miraculous changes, from the time chaos is transformed into order at the moment of creation, to the time when the soul of Julius Caeser is turned into a star and set in the heavens. In its earthiness, its psychological acuity, this classic work continues to speak over the centuries to our time. "e;Reading Mandelbaum's extraordinary translation, one imagines Ovid in his darkest moods with the heart of Baudelaire...Brilliant."e;Booklist