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Comprising fifteen books and over two hundred and fifty myths,
Ovid's Metamorphoses is one of the longest extant Latin poems from
the ancient world and one of the most influential works in Western
culture. It is an epic on desire and transgression that became a
gateway to the entire world of pagan mythology and visual
imagination. This, the first complete commentary in English, covers
all aspects of the text – from textual interpretation to poetics,
imagination, and ideology – and will be useful as a teaching aid
and an orientation for those who are interested in the text and its
reception. Historically, the poem's audience includes readers
interested in opera and ballet, psychology and sexuality, myth and
painting, feminism and posthumanism, vegetarianism and
metempsychosis (to name just a few outside the area of Classical
Studies).
The work of Bion of Smyrna, the late Hellenistic writer of bucolic
poetry, survives in seventeen fragments and the longer Epitaph on
Adonis. In this edition, J. D. Reed presents a Greek text of the
poems together with a facing translation. The substantial
introduction covers Bion's place in the bucolic tradition, his
reinterpretation of ritual and myth in the Adonis poem (with
attention to its social context), and various aspects of his style.
It also includes a detailed examination of the textual
transmission. The commentary investigates fully details arising
from the texts, with an emphasis on linguistic and
literary-historical issues. This is a comprehensive treatment of
Bion, his poetry and his place in the literary tradition.
The work of Bion of Smyrna, a Greek poet who lived about 100 BC, survives in seventeen fragments and the longer Epitaph on Adonis. In this edition, J. D. Reed presents a new Greek text of the poems together with a facing translation. The substantial introduction covers Bion's place in the literary tradition, his treatment of ritual and myth in the Adonis poem, his style, and the textual transmission. The full commentary investigates details arising from the texts, with an emphasis on linguistic and literary-historical issues.
Virgil's "Aeneid" invites its reader to identify with the Roman
nation whose origins and destiny it celebrates. But, as J. D. Reed
argues in "Virgil's Gaze," the great Roman epic satisfies this
identification only indirectly--if at all. In retelling the story
of Aeneas' foundational journey from Troy to Italy, Virgil defines
Roman national identity only provisionally, through oppositions to
other ethnic identities--especially Trojan, Carthaginian, Italian,
and Greek--oppositions that shift with the shifting perspective of
the narrative. Roman identity emerges as multivalent and constantly
changing rather than unitary and stable. The Roman self that the
poem gives us is capacious--adaptable to a universal nationality,
potentially an imperial force--but empty at its heart. However, the
incongruities that produce this emptiness are also what make the
Aeneid endlessly readable, since they forestall a single
perspective and a single notion of the Roman.
Focusing on questions of narratology, intertextuality, and
ideology, "Virgil's Gaze" offers new readings of such major
episodes as the fall of Troy, the pageant of heroes in the
underworld, the death of Turnus, and the disconcertingly sensual
descriptions of the slain Euryalus, Pallas, and Camilla. While
advancing a highly original argument, Reed's wide-ranging study
also serves as an ideal introduction to the poetics and principal
themes of the Aeneid.
Virgil's Aeneid invites its reader to identify with the Roman
nation whose origins and destiny it celebrates. But, as J. D. Reed
argues in Virgil's Gaze, the great Roman epic satisfies this
identification only indirectly--if at all. In retelling the story
of Aeneas' foundational journey from Troy to Italy, Virgil defines
Roman national identity only provisionally, through oppositions to
other ethnic identities--especially Trojan, Carthaginian, Italian,
and Greek--oppositions that shift with the shifting perspective of
the narrative. Roman identity emerges as multivalent and constantly
changing rather than unitary and stable. The Roman self that the
poem gives us is capacious--adaptable to a universal nationality,
potentially an imperial force--but empty at its heart. However, the
incongruities that produce this emptiness are also what make the
Aeneid endlessly readable, since they forestall a single
perspective and a single notion of the Roman. Focusing on questions
of narratology, intertextuality, and ideology, Virgil's Gaze offers
new readings of such major episodes as the fall of Troy, the
pageant of heroes in the underworld, the death of Turnus, and the
disconcertingly sensual descriptions of the slain Euryalus, Pallas,
and Camilla. While advancing a highly original argument, Reed's
wide-ranging study also serves as an ideal introduction to the
poetics and principal themes of the Aeneid.
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Demons (Paperback)
J. D Reed; Doug Ward
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R295
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Horde (Paperback)
J. D Reed; Doug Ward
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Lich (Paperback)
J. D Reed; Doug Ward
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This is the continuing story of an unlikely group of survivors in
the Zombie Apocalypse. Their story follows their attempt to find
the person responsible for the disaster and to find a way to
liberate the world of the parasitic contagion. We join our heroes
as they race to Put-in-Bay, Ohio, to find the creator of the
Parasite, Dr. Fleming. Will they survive the perilous journey? Will
they find a way to stop the Zombie plague? Will there be another
firetruck? To answer these and many more questions, you'll need to
read this book. This is the third book in the, "True Story of the
Zombie Apocalypse" series. Although you could certainly read this
as a stand-alone novel it would be much better if you read
"Parasite" and "Symbiote" first. Please consider doing this. I
refer back to the first book often. The book, "Saving Jebediah" is
not a necessary read for this series. I wrote it as fan fiction for
the wonderful author Mark Tufo. I do tie it in to the first and
third book but it isn't necessary for the series.
You need to read this zombie apocalypse series because it explains
the science involved in the dead coming to life. This is the
continuing story of an unlikely group of survivors in the Zombie
Apocalypse. Their story follows their attempt to find the person
responsible for the disaster and to find a way to liberate the
world of the parasitic contagion. Sorry guys, no fire trucks in
this one. This is the second book in the, "True Story of the Zombie
Apocalypse" series. Although you could certainly read this as a
stand-alone novel it would be much better if you read "Parasite"
first. Please consider doing this. I refer back to the first book
often. The book, "Saving Jebediah" is not a necessary read for this
series. I wrote it as fan fiction for the wonderful author Mark
Tufo. I do tie it in to the first and third book but it isn't
necessary for the series. The third book in the series is "Creator;
The True Story of the Zombie Apocalypse." Is available at this date
and the author currently is working on the 4th and final book
tentatively called "Predator." Check for updates on his Facebook
page.
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