{"product_id":"narcissus-and-pygmalion-illusion-and-spectacle-in-ovids-metamorphoses-9780198852438","title":"Narcissus and Pygmalion: Illusion and Spectacle in Ovid's Metamorphoses","description":"Nature imitates art--not a paradox from Oscar Wilde's pen, but instead the bold formulation of the Latin poet Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE), marking a radical turning point in ancient aesthetics, founded on the principle of \u003cem\u003emimesis\u003c\/em\u003e. For Ovid, art is independent of reality, not its mirror: by enhancing \u003cem\u003ephantasia\u003c\/em\u003e, the artist's creative imagination and the simulacrum's primacy over reality, Ovid opens up unexplored perspectives for future European literature and art. Through an examination of Narcissus and Pygmalion, figures of illusion and desire, who are the protagonists of two major episodes of the \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, Rosati sheds light on some crucial junctures in the history of reception and aesthetics. \u003cem\u003eNarcissus and Pygmalion\u003c\/em\u003e has, since its first publication in Italian, contributed to the poet's critical fortunes over the past few decades through its combination of sophisticated literary critical thinking and patient argument applied to the poetics of self-reflexivity and, in particular, to the fundamental interface between the verbal and the visual in the \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e. A substantial introduction accompanies this new translation into English, positioning Rosati's work anew in the forefront of current discussions of Ovidian aesthetics and intermediality, in the wake of the postmodern culture of the \u003cem\u003esimulacrum\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gianpiero Rosati\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 5.77w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198852438","brand":"Oxford University Press (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43311329607817,"sku":"9780198852438","price":97.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2dcc8a77-a0a2-4933-9a38-03c96dfae484.jpg?v=1738052700","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/narcissus-and-pygmalion-illusion-and-spectacle-in-ovids-metamorphoses-9780198852438","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}