Ovid in English

Ovid in English
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Publisher : Penguin Classics
Total Pages : 468
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106013924433
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Book Synopsis Ovid in English by : Ovid

Download or read book Ovid in English written by Ovid and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 1998 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witty, erotic, sceptical and subversive, Ovid (c. 43BC-AD17) has been a seminal presence in English literature from the time of Chaucer and Caxton to Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney. This superb selection brings together complete elegies from the Amores, Heroides and poems of exile as well as many self-contained episodes from the longer works, vividly revealing both the sheer variety of Ovid's genius and the range of his impact on the English imagination.


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