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OverviewOvid's Metamorphoses played an irrefutably important role in the integration of pagan mythology in Christian texts during the Middle Ages. This book is the only study to consider this Ovidian revival as part of a cultural shift disintegrating the boundaries between not only sacred and profane literacy but also between academic and secular politics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: A. GerberPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Pivot Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 3.305kg ISBN: 9781137488398ISBN 10: 1137488395 Pages: 163 Publication Date: 20 March 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction: Reframing the Frame Narrative 2. Rethinking Ovid: The Commentary Tradition 3. Communal Narrative: Boccaccio and the Historical Paraphrase Tradition 4. Clerical Expansion and Narrative Diminution in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 5. Overlapping Mythologies: The Political Afterlives of Frame Narratives in Gower's Confessio Amantis and Lydgate's Fall of Princes 6. ConclusionReviewsAuthor InformationAmanda J. Gerber is Assistant Professor at Eastern New Mexico University, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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