Buch, Englisch, 158 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 280 g
Reihe: ISSN
Tradition and Allusion in the Love Elegies and Beyond
Buch, Englisch, 158 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 280 g
Reihe: ISSN
ISBN: 978-3-11-221544-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
This book investigates the complex reception of Terence in Ovid and a number of allusions to the Terentian comedies in the love elegies and the exilic elegiac epistle 2. The genres of Latin love elegy and New Comedy are often seen as closely connected in research, and one leading view is that Latin love elegy to a large degree springs out of the comic genre. However, though both genres are strongly rooted in social practise and presents interpersonal relationships in a non-mythological, everyday setting, there are also major differences between them. Marriage, for instance, is the conventional goal for the young lover withing the comic genre, whereas the elegiac lover should avoid it. Taking into account both the similarities and the crucial differences between the comic genre and Latin love elegy, and key elegiac such as and , this book demonstrates an intricate connection between Ovid and Terence, and a complex nexus of allusions that goes straight to the core of Ovid’s elegiac authorship.
Winner of the Trends in Classics Book Prize 2023
Zielgruppe
Klassische Altertumswissenschaftler/-innen, Literaturwissenschaft / Scholars of classical literature, literary studies scholars, stud
