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Playing gods : Ovid's Metamorphoses and the politics of fiction / Andrew Feldherr.

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Playing gods : Ovid's Metamorphoses and the politics of fiction / Andrew Feldherr.

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Playing gods : Ovid's Metamorphoses and the politics of fiction / Andrew Feldherr.

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Full title

Playing gods : Ovid's Metamorphoses and the politics of fiction / Andrew Feldherr.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.

Call Numbers

N873.01/20

Record Identifier

74Vvr7K8Qqey

MMS ID

991011293529702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

x, 377 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents

Introduction -- Fiction and empire. Metamorphosis and fiction -- Wavering identity -- Spectacle. Homo spectator -- Poets in the arena -- Philomela again? -- Ovid and the visual arts. Faith in images -- "Songs the greater image" -- Conclusion.

Publication information

Publisher

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.

Place of Publication

New Jersey

Date Published

c2010.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"Andrew Feldherr argues that a key to the political as well as literary power of the Metamorphoses is the way it manipulates its readers' awareness that its stories cannot possibly be true. By continually juxtaposing the imaginary and the real, Ovid shows how a poem made up of fictions can and cannot acquire the authority and presence of other disc...

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Full title

Playing gods : Ovid's Metamorphoses and the politics of fiction / Andrew Feldherr.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c2010.

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Call Numbers

N873.01/20

Record Identifier

74Vvr7K8Qqey

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvr7K8Qqey

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ISBN

0691138141 (hardcover : alk. paper)

9780691138145 (hardcover : alk. paper)

DDC

873.01

MMS ID

991011293529702626

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