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Ovid in the Age of Cervantes

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Ovid in the Age of Cervantes
Ovid in the Age of Cervantes

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Ovid in the Age of Cervantes

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The book begins with examinations of the translation and utilization of Ovid's texts from the Middle Ages to the Age of Cervantes. The work includes a section devoted to the influence of Ovid on Cervantes, arguing that Don Quixote is a deeply Ovidian text, drawing upon many classical myths and themes. The contributors then turn to specific myths in Ovid as they were absorbed and transformed by different writers, including that of Echo and Narcissus in Garcilaso de la Vega and Hermaphroditus in Covarrubias and Moya. The final section of the book centers on questions of poetic fame and self-fashioning. is an important and comprehensive re-evaluation of Ovid's impact on Renaissance and Early Modern Spain.

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