P. Ovidii Nasonis "Heroidum Epistula" 10: Ariadne Theseo [Italian]

by Chiara Battistella

Ariadne's elegiac letter to her faithless Theseus offers the epistolary mise en sc?ne of the heroine's lamentation previously versified by Catullus in his epyllion (carmen 64). The Ovidian text looks retrospectively at its predecessor and is inevitably indebted to it. This volume explores the complex relationship between the Ovidian and the Catullan model and focuses on literary memory, allusive forms, generic boundaries and transgression. Resorting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Italian
• ISBN: 3110240858
• ISBN13: 9783110240856
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary