{"product_id":"9780674238381-appendix-ovidiana","title":"Appendix Ovidiana","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLatin Poems Ascribed to Ovid in the Middle Ages\u003cbr\u003eThe pseudonymous \u003ci\u003eAppendix Ovidiana\u003c\/i\u003e—which includes nature, erotic, and religious poetry—reflects different understandings of an admired Classical poet and expands his legacy through the Middle Ages. This is the first comprehensive collection and English translation of these medieval Latin verses ascribed to Ovid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen does imitation of an author morph into masquerade? Although the Roman writer Ovid died in the first century CE, many new Latin poems were ascribed to him from the sixth until the fifteenth century. Like the \u003ci\u003eAppendix Vergiliana,\u003c\/i\u003e these verses reflect different understandings of an admired Classical poet and expand his legacy throughout the Middle Ages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe works of the “medieval Ovid” mirror the dazzling variety of their original. The \u003ci\u003eAppendix Ovidiana\u003c\/i\u003e includes narrative poetry that recounts the adventures of both real and imaginary creatures, erotic poetry that wrestles with powerful desires and sexual violence, and religious poetry that—despite the historical Ovid’s paganism—envisions the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first comprehensive collection and English translation of these pseudonymous medieval Latin poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449776189814,"sku":"9780674238381","price":27.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34964016.jpg?v=1760446682","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674238381-appendix-ovidiana","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}