Ovid before exile: art and punishment in the 'metamorphoses'
Auteur :
Johnson, Patricia J.
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299224042
Date de publication :
30 déc. 2010
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,3 x 1,2 cm
Poids :
284 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Provides a compelling new reading of the epic, examining the text in light of circumstances surrounding the final years of Augustus’s reign, a time when a culture of poets and patrons was in sharp decline, discouraging and even endangering artistic freedom of expression.