Tales from Ovid: Twenty-four Passages from the "Metamorphoses" (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Tales from Ovid Hughes's three contributions to the anthology "After Ovid" an accurate account of the original so thoroughly imbued with his own qualities that it was as if Latin and English poet were somehow the same person. This volume continues the project, with 24 passages including the stories of Phaeton, Actaon, Echo and Narcissus, Procne and Midas.
Full description- Publisher: Faber and Faber
- Published: 05 May 1997
- Format: Paperback 160 pages
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- Categories: Poetry By Individual Poets
- ISBN 13: 9780571191031 ISBN 10: 0571191037
- Sales rank: 55,363
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Full description for Tales from Ovid
Continues the translation of latin poetry which began with Hughes' contributions to the anthology "After Ovid". These twenty-four passages are again both true to the original and demonstrate the poet laureate's own talents, so that the Latin and English poets become one. Also out in hardback this month.
