A discourse of wonders : audience and performance in Ovid's Metamorphoses

A discourse of wonders : audience and performance in Ovid's Metamorphoses / Stephen M. Wheeler.

In A Discourse of Wonders, Stephen M. Wheeler introduces a fresh perspective for readers of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Drawing on classical scholarship and twentieth-century literary theory, he argues that the poem is not an anthology or collection but a single continuous performance. Wheeler's...

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Main Author: Wheeler, Stephen Michael, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Ovid, > 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. > Metamorphoses.
Fables, Latin > History and criticism.
Mythology, Classical, in literature.
Performing arts > Audiences > Rome.
Metamorphosis in literature.
Reader-response criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Call Number: PA6519.M9 W47 1999
Status: Available

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