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The Moralized Ovid
Pierre Bersuire; Edited by Frank T. Coulson, Justin Haynes
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R810
Discovery Miles 8 100
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An influential medieval allegorical interpretation of the
Metamorphoses that uncovers the hidden moral truths of Ovid’s
stories, translated into English for the first time. Written in
about 1340 in Avignon by the Benedictine preacher Pierre Bersuire,
The Moralized Ovid—commonly referred to by its Latin title,
Ovidius moralizatus, to distinguish it from the anonymous French
vernacular Ovide moralisé—was arguably the most influential
interpretation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses in the High Middle Ages.
It circulated widely in manuscript form and was frequently printed
during the Renaissance. Originally intended as a sourcebook of
exempla for preachers’ sermons, The Moralized Ovid provides not
only a window into the reception of classical literature in the
fourteenth century but also amazingly vivid details of daily life
in the Middle Ages across all strata of society. The work begins
with a detailed description of the Greco-Roman gods, inspired in
part by Bersuire’s friend and fellow proponent of classical
poetry, Francesco Petrarch. It then retells selected major myths
from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, each followed by numerous allegorical
interpretations that draw from biblical stories, contemporary
events, and the natural world. This edition presents the first full
English translation alongside an authoritative Latin text.
Ovid is perhaps the most important surviving Latin poet and his
work has influenced writers throughout the world to the present
day. This volume presents a groundbreaking series of essays on his
reception across in the Middle Ages. The collection includes
contributions from distinguished Ovidians as well as leading
specialists in medieval Latin and vernacular literature, clerical
and extra-clerical culture and medieval art, and addresses
questions of manuscript and textual transmission, translation,
adaptation and imitation. It also explores the intersecting
cultural contexts of the schools (monastic and secular), courts and
literate lay households. It elaborates the scale and scope of the
enthusiasm for Ovid in medieval Europe, following readers of the
canon from the Carolingian monasteries to the early schools of the
Ile de France and on into clerical and curial milieux in Italy,
Spain, the British Isles and even the Byzantine Empire.
Ovid is perhaps the most important surviving Latin poet and his
work has influenced writers throughout the world to the present
day. This volume presents a groundbreaking series of essays on his
reception across in the Middle Ages. The collection includes
contributions from distinguished Ovidians as well as leading
specialists in medieval Latin and vernacular literature, clerical
and extra-clerical culture and medieval art, and addresses
questions of manuscript and textual transmission, translation,
adaptation and imitation. It also explores the intersecting
cultural contexts of the schools (monastic and secular), courts and
literate lay households. It elaborates the scale and scope of the
enthusiasm for Ovid in medieval Europe, following readers of the
canon from the Carolingian monasteries to the early schools of the
Ile de France and on into clerical and curial milieux in Italy,
Spain, the British Isles and even the Byzantine Empire.
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