Description: Rival Praises by Celia Campbell A bold new interpretive approach to Ovids Metamorphoses. Campbell argues that the poems first pentad draws a programmatic strain of influence from hymns to the gods, in particular conversation—and competition—with the work of the Alexandrian poet Callimachus, a favored source of inspiration to Augustan writers. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Metamorphoses, written by the Roman poet Ovid, has fascinated readers ever since it was written in the first century CE, and here Celia M. Campbell offers a bold new interpretive approach. Reasserting the significance of the ancient hymnic tradition, she argues that the first pentad of Ovids Metamorphoses draws a programmatic strain of influence from hymns to the gods, in particular conversation—and competition—with the work of the Alexandrian poet Callimachus, a favored source of inspiration to Augustan writers. She suggests that Ovid read Callimachus six hymns as a self-conscious set—and reading the first five books of the Metamorphoses through Callimachus hymnic collection allows us to pierce the occasionally opaque and seemingly idiosyncratic mythology Ovid constructs. Through careful, innovative close readings, Campbell illustrates that Callimachus and the hymnic tradition provide a kind of interpretative key to unlocking the dynamic landscape of divine power in Ovids poetic cosmos. Author Biography Celia M. Campbell is an assistant professor of classics at Emory University. Table of Contents AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Nature of Praise1 Amorphous Control? Resolving the Question of Cosmic Authority within the World of the Metamorphoses2 Divining Praise: Jupiter, Apollo, and Poetic Primacy3 Rivaled Affection and Affectation: Diana, Apollo, and Delian Disguise4 Ovids Lavacrum Dianae: The Huntress Muse of the Metamorphoses 5 The Hymnic Battle for Helicon: Reflections over Contested Grounds6 Calliopes Hymn: Musing on the Nature of LoveConclusion: Amors Winged WordsNotesWorks CitedIndexIndex Locorum Review "Campbell effortlessly and playfully handles an impressive array of critical tools to argue most convincingly that Ovids Metamorphoses is a hymn to divine appropriation. The analysis is pressed into exhaustive detail and in her brilliant readings, Campbell displays a sustained ingenuity that is well matched to the endlessly inventive and cunningly allusive Ovid."—Ioannis Ziogas, author of Law and Love in Ovid: Courting Justice in the Age of Augustus "This erudite study offers an elegant demonstration of Ovids debts to the classical hymnic tradition, especially Callimachus collection, in the early books of his Metamorphoses. Highly recommended."—Alison Keith, author of Virgil Details ISBN0299348741 Author Celia Campbell Publisher University of Wisconsin Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780299348748 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-07-30 Imprint University of Wisconsin Press Subtitle Ovid and the Metamorphosis of the Hymnic Tradition Place of Publication Wisconsin Country of Publication United States DEWEY 873.01 US Release Date 2024-07-30 Audience Professional & Vocational ISBN-10 0299348741 UK Release Date 2024-07-30 Pages 344 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161893830;
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