A companion to Ovid

By Peter E. Knox

Subjects: Rome, in literature, Mythologie ancienne dans la littérature, Poésie élégiaque latine, Gedichten, Poésie didactique latine, Criticism and interpretation, Mythology, Classical, in literature, In literature, Love in literature, History and criticism, Histoire et critique, Elegiac poetry, history and criticism, Poésie épistolaire latine, Latin Elegiac poetry, Latin Didactic poetry, Ovid, 43 b.c.-17 a.d. or 18 a.d., Latin Epistolary poetry, Literature, Didactic poetry, history and criticism, Analys och tolkning, Amour dans la littérature

Description: This companion to Ovid features more than 30 newly commissioned essays dealing with such topics as production, genre, and style. It presents interpretive essays on key poems and collections of poems, includes detailed discussions of Ovid's primary literary influences and his reception in English literature.