Producing Ovid’s 'Metamorphoses' in the Early Modern Low Countries

Producing Ovid’s 'Metamorphoses' in the Early Modern Low Countries
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 345
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ISBN-10 : 9789004462397
ISBN-13 : 9004462392
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Download or read book Producing Ovid’s 'Metamorphoses' in the Early Modern Low Countries written by John Tholen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printers in the early modern Low Countries produced no fewer than 152 editions of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. John Tholen investigates what these editions can tell us about the early modern application of the popular ancient text. Analysis of paratexts shows, for example, how editors and commentators guide readers to Ovid’s potentially subversive contents. Paratextual infrastructures intended to create commercial credibility, but simultaneously were a response to criticism of reading the Metamorphoses. This book combines two often separated fields of research: book history and reception studies. It provides a compelling case study of how investigation into the material contexts of ancient texts sheds new light on early modern receptions of antiquity.


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