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Uniform Title Ovide moralisé (Poem). English
Title The medieval French Ovide Moralisé : an English translation / translated and edited by K. Sarah-Jane Murray and Matthieu Boyd; with contributions from Willliam W. Kibler [and seven others]
Published Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : D. S. Brewer, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer, 2023
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Description 1 online resource ((xiv, x, xi, 1162 pages)
Series Gallica ; 1749-091x volume 51
Gallica (Woodbridge (Suffolk, England)) ; v.51.
Contents Volume 1. Introduction, Bibliography and Books 1-4 -- volume 2. Books 5-10 -- volume 3. Books 11-15 and Index
Summary "First English translation of one of the most influential French poems of the Middle Ages. The anonymous Ovide moralisé (Moralized Ovid), composed in France in the fourteenth century, retells and explicates Ovid's Metamorphoses, with generous helpings of related texts, for a Christian audience. Working from the premise that everything in the universe, including the pagan authors of Graeco-Roman Antiquity, is part of God's plan and expresses God's truth even without knowing it, the Ovide moralisé is a massive and influential work of synthesis and creativity, a remarkable window into a certain kind of medieval thinking. It is of major importance across time and across many disciplines, including literature, philosophy, theology, and art history. This three volume set offers an English translation of this hugely significant text - the first into any modern language. Based on the only complete edition to date, that by Cornelis de Boer and others completed in 1938, it also reflects more recent editions and numerous manuscripts. The translation is accompanied by a substantial introduction, situating the Ovide moralisé in terms of the reception of Ovid, the mythographical tradition, and its medieval French religious and intellectual milieu. Notes discuss textual problems and sources, and relate the text to key issues in the thought of theologians such as Bonaventure and Aquinas." -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 16th, 2023)
Subject Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. -- Translations into English
SUBJECT Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. fast
Ovide moralisé (Poem) -- Translations into English
Ovide moralisé (Poem) fast
Genre/Form Translations
Form Electronic book
Author Murray, K. Sarah-Jane, editor, translator.
Boyd, Matthieu, editor, translator.
Kibler, William W., 1942- contributor.
Burgess, Glyn S. (Glyn Sheridan), contributor.
Bratu, Cristian, contributor.
Cormier, Raymond J., 1938- contributor.
Miller, Anne-Hélène, contributor.
Ouellette, Edward G., contributor
Wilhite, Valerie Michelle, contributor
Wright, Monica L., 1968- contributor.
ISBN 9781805430865
1805430866
9781805430858
1805430858