A Discourse of Wonders

A Discourse of Wonders
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 0812234758
ISBN-13 : 9780812234756
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Discourse of Wonders by : Stephen M. Wheeler

Download or read book A Discourse of Wonders written by Stephen M. Wheeler and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 1999-05-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wheeler proposes instead that Ovid represents himself in the poem as an epic storyteller moved to tell a universal history of metamorphosis in the presence of a fictional audience.


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