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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Helena Taylor (University of Exeter)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.462kg ISBN: 9780198796770ISBN 10: 0198796773 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 04 May 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Lives after Life 2: Translating Ovid 3: Ovid in Fiction 4: The Exile Writes Back 5: Ovid and Historiography Conclusion BibliographyReviewsThe various research perspectives that the author of this book brings together in her analysis of early modern source material make it of interest to a wide variety of scholars within cultural history: it is an important contribution to Ovidian reception as well as to early-modern French literature and to book history. --John Tholen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Helena Taylor's detailed, erudite, and methodical study of the representations of Ovid's life and persona in seventeenth-century France will be relevant to any student or scholar who desires a firmer understanding of the importance to the period of ancient culture in general and of Ovid in particular. * Kathleen A. Loysen, H-France Review * a richly detailed and original study. * Emma Herdman, French Studies * Taylor uses the focus on lives as a way back into literary questions, giving fresh perspectives on familiar problems...this rich and rewarding book deserves, and will no doubt find, a much wider readership beyond the discipline of French studies. * Paul White, Modern Philology * The various research perspectives that the author of this book brings together in her analysis of early modern source material make it of interest to a wide variety of scholars within cultural history: it is an important contribution to Ovidian reception as well as to early-modern French literature and to book history. * John Tholen, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Author InformationHelena Taylor is a Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Exeter. She completed her DPhil at the University of Oxford, where she then held a Queen's College Laming Junior Fellowship. Her research focuses on seventeenth-century French culture, with an interest in women's writing, early modern quarrels, and classical reception. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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