{"product_id":"metamorphoses-ovid-9780393925340","title":"Metamorphoses: A Norton Critical Edition","description":"Ovid's epic poem--whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages--is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante's time to the present, when writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid's work. The text is accompanied by a preface, A Note on the Translation, and detailed explanatory annotations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Sources and Backgrounds\" includes Seneca's inspired commentary on Ovid, Charles Martin's essay on the ways in which pantomimic dancing--an art form popular in Ovid's time--may have been the model for \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as related works by Virgil, Callimachus, Hesiod, and Lucretius, among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the enormous body of scholarly writing on \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, Charles Martin has chosen six major interpretations by Bernard Knox, J. R. R. Mackail, Norman O. Brown, Italo Calvino, Frederick Ahl, and Diane Middlebrook.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Glossary of Persons, Places, and Personifications in the \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e and a Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ovid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 039392534X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393925340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.26w x 1.20d","brand":"Ovid","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48991712772351,"sku":"9780393925340","price":24.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/metamorphoses-ovid-9780393925340","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}