{"product_id":"ovid-myth-metamorphosis-sarah-annes-brown","title":"Ovid: Myth and Metamorphosis | Sarah Annes Brown","description":"\u003ch2\u003eOvid [Ancients in Action]: Myth and Metamorphosis | Sarah Annes Brown\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe impact of Ovid's Metamorphoses on our culture can hardly be overestimated.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe poem is one of the most exciting and accessible classical texts, our key source for nearly all the famous myths of Greece and Rome. \u003cstrong\u003eSarah Annes Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a lively, and sometimes provocative, introduction to the Metamorphoses, exploring the impact of recent critical developments and tracing its rich afterlife in both high and popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe book's later chapters are devoted to five of the most memorable Ovidian stories—Apollo and Daphne, Actaeon, Philomela, Arachne and Pygmalion.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach subtle and elusive story is found to have generated a huge range of creative responses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe influence of the Pygmalion myth, for example, can be traced in Frankenstein, Vertigo and Blade Runner, as well as in the works of Chaucer and Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51512848843067,"sku":"1853996726","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9781853996726.jpg?v=1785530312","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/ovid-myth-metamorphosis-sarah-annes-brown","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}