{"product_id":"on-ovids-metamorphoses-gareth-d-williams-9780231200707","title":"On Ovid's Metamorphoses","description":"\u003cp\u003eOvid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e has entranced audiences for two thousand years, from Rome under Augustus to humanities classrooms today. Borrowing liberally from Greek and Roman mythology, the poem tells hundreds of stories that share one essential theme: each tale depicts a transformation from one physical form into another. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on many years of teaching the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e, Gareth Williams offers a brisk and lively reading of the poem that emphasizes why it speaks in compelling ways to a twenty-first-century audience. He shows how the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a colorful collection of stories about change but an exploration of change itself. Ovid challenges us to recognize flux as fundamental to human experience: circumstances shift, fortunes ebb and flow, and our very identities ceaselessly evolve across from one life stage to another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCapturing the energy and excitement that Ovid's poem generates among readers, Williams also sheds new light on its modern provocations. His fresh interpretations of the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e reveal its power to enrich and inform our daily existence amid the uncertainties of life today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gareth Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231200706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231200707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024","brand":"Gareth Williams","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44069377114367,"sku":"9780231200707","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_868c5cac-8ed0-4e7e-94b0-33920cd3cea2.jpg?v=1685424380","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-ovids-metamorphoses-gareth-d-williams-9780231200707","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}