2007, ISBN: 9780140440584

Mary Innes's classic prose translation of one of the supreme masterpieces of Latin literature, Ovid's Metamorphosis. Ovid drew on Greek mythology, Latin folklore and legend from ever fur… Plus…

Mary Innes's classic prose translation of one of the supreme masterpieces of Latin literature, Ovid's Metamorphosis. Ovid drew on Greek mythology, Latin folklore and legend from ever further afield to create a series of narrative poems, ingeniously linked by the common theme of transformation. Here a chaotic universe is subdued into harmonious order: animals turn to stone; men and women become trees and stars. Ovid himself transformed the art of storytelling, infusing these stories with new life through his subtley, humour and understanding of human nature, and elegantly tailoring tone and pace to fit a variety of subjects. The result is a lasting treasure-house of myth and legend. 'The most beautiful book in the language (my opinion and I suspect it was Shakespeare's)' - Ezra PoundOvid was born in 43 BC in central Italy. He was sent to Rome where he realised that his talent lay with poetry rather than with politics. His first published work was 'Amores', a collection of short love poems. He was expelled in A.D. 8 by Emperor Augustus for an unknown reason and went to Tomis on the Black Sea, where he died in AD 17.Mary M. Innes graduated from Glasgow and Oxford Universities and subsequently taught in the universities of Belfast and Aberdeen, before spending some twenty years proving to schoolgirls that classical languages can and should be enjoyed. Books Ovid|Paperback|Penguin Books Ltd|30/08/2007, Penguin Books Ltd<

1955, ISBN: 0140440585

[EAN: 9780140440584], Neubuch, [PU: PENGUIN GROUP Okt 1955], LITERATURE - CLASSICS / CRITICISM; POETRY ANCIENT & CLASSICAL; EPIC; SOCIAL SCIENCE FOLKLORE MYTHOLOGY, Neuware - Mary Innes's… Plus…

[EAN: 9780140440584], Neubuch, [PU: PENGUIN GROUP Okt 1955], LITERATURE - CLASSICS / CRITICISM; POETRY ANCIENT & CLASSICAL; EPIC; SOCIAL SCIENCE FOLKLORE MYTHOLOGY, Neuware - Mary Innes's classic prose translation of one of the supreme masterpieces of Latin literature'The most beautiful book in the language (my opinion and I suspect it was Shakespeare's).' -Ezra Pound Ovid drew on Greek mythology, Latin folklore and legend from ever further afield to create a series of narrative poems, ingeniously linked by the common theme of transformation. Here a chaotic universe is subdued into harmonious order: animals turn to stone; men and women become trees and stars. Ovid himself transformed the art of storytelling, infusing these stories with new life through his subtley, humour and understanding of human nature, and elegantly tailoring tone and pace to fit a variety of subjects. The result is a lasting treasure-house of myth and legend. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. 368 pp. Englisch, Books<

ISBN: 9780140440584

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Penguin Publishing Group], Mary Innes's classic prose translation of one of the supreme masterpieces of Latin literature"The most beautiful book in the language (m… Plus…

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Penguin Publishing Group], Mary Innes's classic prose translation of one of the supreme masterpieces of Latin literature"The most beautiful book in the language (my opinion and I suspect it was Shakespeare's)." -Ezra Pound Ovid drew on Greek mythology, Latin folklore and legend from ever further afield to create a series of narrative poems, ingeniously linked by the common theme of transformation. Here a chaotic universe is subdued into harmonious order: animals turn to stone; men and women become trees and stars. Ovid himself transformed the art of storytelling, infusing these stories with new life through his subtley, humour and understanding of human nature, and elegantly tailoring tone and pace to fit a variety of subjects. The result is a lasting treasure-house of myth and legend. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout..., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 368, [GW: 240g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<