{"product_id":"appendix-ovidiana-ralph-hexter-9780674238381","title":"Appendix Ovidiana: Latin Poems Ascribed to Ovid in the Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen does imitation of an author morph into masquerade? Although the Roman writer Ovid died in the first century CE, many new Latin poems were ascribed to him from the sixth until the fifteenth century. Like the \u003ci\u003eAppendix Vergiliana, \u003c\/i\u003e these verses reflect different understandings of an admired Classical poet and expand his legacy throughout the Middle Ages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe works of the \"medieval Ovid\" mirror the dazzling variety of their original. The \u003ci\u003eAppendix Ovidiana\u003c\/i\u003e includes narrative poetry that recounts the adventures of both real and imaginary creatures, erotic poetry that wrestles with powerful desires and sexual violence, and religious poetry that--despite the historical Ovid's paganism--envisions the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first comprehensive collection and English translation of these pseudonymous medieval Latin poems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Hexter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674238389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674238381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.60w x 1.30d","brand":"Ralph Hexter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44491665572095,"sku":"9780674238381","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_50dca8b8-3853-44dd-a9ee-e3b9b90a371c.jpg?v=1699452515","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/appendix-ovidiana-ralph-hexter-9780674238381","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}