Description
Book SynopsisOffers a pointed examination of the loss of speech, exile from community, and memory throughout the literary corpus of the Roman poet Ovid. Bartolo Natoli provides a unique cross-reading of
Metamorphoses,
Tristia and
Epistulae ex Ponto, poems written after Ovid's exile from Rome in 8CE.
Trade ReviewA significant and distinctive contribution to Ovidian scholarship, tackling the issues of voice and silence in a comparative reading of Ovid's varied works." - Gianpiero Rosati, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
"Natoli's monograph reminds us to read Ovid's exile poetry with fresh appreciation for its literary complexity and learned allusiveness, and in that Ovid enthusiasts may be pleased." -
Classical JournalTable of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Speech and Speech Loss in Ancient Rome: A Working Schema
- 2 Speech Loss in the Metamorphoses
- 3 Speech Loss in the Exile Literature
- 4 Speech Loss and Memory in the Exile Literature
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Appendix A: Instances of Speech Loss in the Metamorphoses
- Appendix B: Uses of mutus in Latin Literature
- Index Locorum
