The Metamorphoses

Ovid, Madeleine Forey, Arthur Golding

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Penguin
28 March 2002

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Penguin Black Classics

Series: Reissue

"""Golding makes Ovid both dreamy and robust. Here we can listen to the English language as it moves confidently into the highest eloquence"" - Tom Paulin

Bringing together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends, Ovid's deliciously witty and poignant Metamorphoses describes a magical world in which men and women are transformed - often by love - into flowers, trees, animals, stones and stars. First published in 1567, this landmark translation by Arthur Golding was the first major English edition of the epic, which includes such tales as the legend of Narcissus; the parable of Icarus; and the passion held by the witch-queen Circe for the great Aeneas. A compelling adaptation that used imagery familiar to English sixteenth-century society, it powerfully influenced Spenser, Shakespeare and the character of Elizabethan literature."

By: Ovid
Edited by: Madeleine Forey
Translated by: Arthur Golding
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 416g
ISBN: 9780140422306
ISBN 10: 0140422307
Series: Reissue
Pages: 576
Publication Date: 28 March 2002
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ovid (43 BC - AD 18) was a Roman poet who experimented in a variety of different forms from love elegies to mock didactic verse. He died in exile. Arthur Golding (c.1565 - c.1605) was a translator of Latin and French verse, the most significant of which was The Metamorphoses. Madeleine Forey is a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Translated by Arthur Golding Edited with an introduction and notes by Madeleine Forey

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The Metamorphoses

Ovid, Madeleine Forey, Arthur Golding

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