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This widely acclaimed book offers an introduction to the ancient
novel and presents the latest research findings in the field. For
this English translation, Professor Holzberg has substantially
updated and expanded the German edition of 1986.
Niklas Holzberg considers the ancient novel as encompassing
idealistic and comic realistic narratives with the central themes
of love and adventure. He develops his definition of the genre and
offers explanations for why this literary form was so popular
during the Hellenistic period. He goes on to examine the individual
texts in chronological order, providing a summary of the contents
of each, relevant background information and interpretative
pointers.
The Roman poet Ovid is enjoying a renaissance. Though relegated to
the margins in the Romantic period, since the mid-1980s he has
become popular again, not only with classicists and other lovers of
ancient poetry, but also with poets and prose writers. He himself
is the protagonist of a number of recent novels and stories,
including Jane Alison's The Love Artist, Derek Mahon's Ovid in
Tomis, and David Malouf's An Imaginary Life. Ovid's greatest work,
the Metamorphoses, has inspired authors such as Seamus Heaney and
Ted Hughes to publish retellings of certain of his stories of
transformation.
The distinguished classicist Niklas Holzberg offers a highly
readable, concise yet comprehensive overview of all of Ovid's
varied works, giving each stage of Ovid's career its due and
allowing no text to be diminished by serving as a prelude or
epilogue to others. In addition, Holzberg's own insightful,
frequently witty observations infuse the book, resulting in a
rounded vision of a storyteller Holzberg finds to be distinctly
modern.
Schon von Kaiser Augustus als Aufforderung zur Unsittlichkeit
missverstanden, wurde Ovids "Liebeskunst" bis weit ins 20.
Jahrhundert hinein als frivoler Scherz gedeutet und meist
dementsprechend ubersetzt. Niklas Holzbergs schlichte Wiedergabe
des Originals vermeidet die pluschige Stammtischerotik der alten
Ubersetzungen."
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