A Commentary on Ovid, Tristia, Book 2
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:14th Oct '10
Currently unavailable, currently targeted to be due back around 26th September 2025, but could change
A major work of Latin literature, Tristia 2 is a verse letter addressed by the exiled poet Ovid to the man who banished him from Rome, the emperor Augustus. Ovid apologizes to Augustus for the misdemeanours that led to his banishment, but, more importantly, defends both his life and his poetry in light of the accusation that his earlier Ars amatoria (The Art of Love) had promoted adultery. Jennifer Ingleheart's commentary, the most up-to-date and comprehensive one available, is an invaluable guide to all aspects of the poem - textual, literary, historical, and political - while her Introduction explores, among other topics, its ironical and subversive aspects.
Jennifer Ingleheart's fine new Commentary on Ovid, Tristia, Book 2 elucidate[s] the single poem in Book 2, a letter in verse, 570 lines long, that Ovid addressed to the Emperor Augustus soon after he had been sent into exile on the Black Sea in AD 8. Professionals are fortunate to have resources such as Ingleheart's commentary. * Dennis Feeney, Times Literary Supplement *
suitably outstanding in its own right ... An essential reference work for any Ovidian, it would make an ideal set text for an undergraduate class. * Genevieve Liveley, Journal of Roman Studies *
this commentary fully supplies the constant need for updated editions of the Classics, especially through the author's translation and awareness of current scholarship ... Ingleheart's work represents a useful tool for the development of further research in the field of Ovidian exilic poetry by questioning the meaning of the text for the contemporary reader with a bright, upbeat attitude. * Veronica Zanoni, Athenaeum *
ISBN: 9780199590421
Dimensions: 241mm x 163mm x 32mm
Weight: 855g
464 pages