Description
A powerful version of the Latin classic by England's late Poet Laureate, now in paperback.When it was published in 1997, Tales from Ovid was immediately recognized as a classic in its own right, as the best rering of Ovid in generations, and as a major book in Ted Hughes's oeuvre. The Metamorphoses of Ovid stands with the works of Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Milton as a classic of world poetry; Hughes translated twenty-four of its stories with great power and directness. The result is the liveliest twentieth-century version of the classic, at once a delight for the Latinist and an appealing introduction to Ovid for the general reader.
Author: Ted Hughes
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 03/30/1999
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780374525873
ISBN10: 0374525870
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Poetry | Ancient & Classical
About the Author
Ted Hughes was Poet Laureate of England and the author of many books of poetry. His works include Phedre, Birthday Letters, and Oresteia of Aeschylus, among others. He died in 1998.