{"product_id":"metamorphoses-by-ovid-9780393925340","title":"Metamorphoses","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOvid's epic poem—whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages—is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante's time to the present. Writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid's work. The text is accompanied by a preface, a note on the translation, and detailed explanatory annotations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSources and Backgrounds\u003c\/em\u003e includes Seneca's inspired commentary on Ovid, Charles Martin's essay on the ways in which pantomimic dancing—an art form popular in Ovid's time—may have been the model for \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as related works by Virgil, Callimachus, Hesiod, and Lucretius, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the enormous body of scholarly writing on \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles Martin has chosen six major interpretations by Bernard Knox, J. R. R. Mackail, Norman O. Brown, Italo Calvino, Frederick Ahl, and Diane Middlebrook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA glossary of persons, places, and personifications in the \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e and a chronology and selected bibliography are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340917588204,"sku":"9780393925340","price":38.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6334283482328.jpg?v=1772177226","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/metamorphoses-by-ovid-9780393925340","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}