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The Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II renders twenty-four stories from Ovid's Metamorphoses, which follows the transformations suffered by the figures of classical mythology, into clear, emphatic English verse, accompanied by a brief introduction.
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England's poet laureate Ted Hughes first turned his hand to Ovid's Metamorphoses when he--along with other prominent English-language poets such as Seamus Heaney, Amy Clampitt, and Charles Simic--contributed poems to the anthology After Ovid. In the three years following After Ovid's publication, Hughes continued working with the Metamorphoses, eventually completing the 24 translations collected here. Culling from 250 original tales, Hughes has chosen some of the most violent and disturbing narratives Ovid wrote, including the stories of Echo and Narcissus, Bacchus and Pentheus, and Semele's rape by Jove. Classical purists may be offended at the occasional liberties Hughes takes with Ovid's words, but no one will quarrel with the force and originality of Hughes's verse, or with its narrative skill. This translation is an unusual triumph--a work informed by the passion and wit of Ovid, yet suffused with Hughes's own distinctive poetic sensibility.
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.
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- PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0374228418
- ISBN 13 9780374228415
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages257
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