{"product_id":"9783110488654","title":"Power Play in Latin Love Elegy and its Multiple Forms of Continuity in Ovid's #x0003E;Metamorphoses#x26;#x0003C;","description":"\u003cp\u003eConceived as a necessary reconsideration of the pristine \"elegiac question\" in Ovid’s \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, this book intends to offer an analysis of the function of elegiac discourse within Ovid’s \u003cem\u003emagnum opus\u003c\/em\u003e from the perspective of metapoetics. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo that end, the author undertakes, in the first section, a close re-reading of some relevant passages of Latin love elegy. From a prism that takes into account the characteristically elegiac multivocality, the genre reveals itself as an agonistic discourse in which the poet dramatises his metaliterary power-relation with the puella, who is unveiled as the synthesis of the distinct sub-products of his poetic activity. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThereupon, the author proceeds to scrutinise how elegiac elements are assimilated and transformed as they become integrated within the framework of Ovid’s poem of changing forms. Far from being a mere stylistic ornament, the presence of an elegiac register in many erotic passages tells us about Ovid’s stance towards love as a metapoetic trope. By reworking elegiac tradition to the point of transforming it into a novum corpus, the poet ultimately substantiates the mutability of generic categories. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132659843312,"sku":"9783110488654","price":126.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783110488654_p0.jpg?v=1763718028","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783110488654","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}