The play within the play Ovid s Metamorphoses and Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream is popular PDF and ePub book, written by Mandy Busse in 2007-06-16, it is a fantastic choice for those who relish reading online the Literary Criticism genre. Let's immerse ourselves in this engaging Literary Criticism book by exploring the summary and details provided below. Remember, The play within the play Ovid s Metamorphoses and Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream can be Read Online from any device for your convenience.
The play within the play Ovid s Metamorphoses and Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream Book PDF Summary
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2,0, University of Erfurt, language: English, abstract: “[By Reading Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the Elizabethans could](...) dig beneath its layers of fiction in an effort to recover the most precious secrets of the ancient world, whether moral, philosophical, historical, or scientific.” It is beyond all doubt, that the great poetry of Ovid (43 BC – 17 AD) had a strong influence on William Shakespeare’s work. Understandably enough, as Ovid’s work is a classical masterpiece of Latin literature. It fascinates with its formal perfection, urban humour and Ovid’s creative fantasy. His outstanding opus is of course the Metamorphoses, the magnificent epic poem containing about 250 transformation legends of Greek and Roman mythology. Ovid’s interests in myths show also the heroides, which include fictitious love letters. Love – this is undoubtedly a central theme in Ovid’s literature. His writings Amores, Ars amatoria and Remedia amoris display that. Although Ovid’s literature was banished from public libraries by emperor Augustus after the poet’s death, his posthumous fame could not be prevented – fortunately. Ovid’s work had a great influence on medieval literature and during renaissance his mythological stories had been example for many novellas . The role of Ovid’s greatest opus, the Metamorphoses in Shakespeare’s work, especially in his comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is going to be discussed in this paper. At first the focus lies on Ovidian literature in Elizabethan times. Then, the parody of Pyramus and Thisbe in A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be analysed. A special kind of metamorphosis – the one of Bottom brings up the third main emphasis. By the way – what is a metamorphosis? It is said to be a process in which somebody or something changes completely into something different – for example a caterpillar that becomes a beautiful butterfly...
Detail Book of The play within the play Ovid s Metamorphoses and Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream PDF
- Author : Mandy Busse
- Release : 16 June 2007
- Publisher : GRIN Verlag
- ISBN : 9783638770583
- Genre : Literary Criticism
- Total Page : 16 pages
- Language : English
- PDF File Size : 19,7 Mb
If you're still pondering over how to secure a PDF or EPUB version of the book The play within the play Ovid s Metamorphoses and Shakespeare s A Midsummer Night s Dream by Mandy Busse, don't worry! All you have to do is click the 'Get Book' buttons below to kick off your Download or Read Online journey. Just a friendly reminder: we don't upload or host the files ourselves.