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THE INFLUENCE OF THE ROMAN POET OVID ON SHAKESPEARE’S A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM:
Intertextual Parallels and Meta-Ovidian Tendencies
| Author: | Siler, Dennis James | |
| Year: | 2010 | |
| Pages: | 168 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-3610-3 978-0-7734-3610-7 | |
| Price: | $159.95 | |
This study explains that Shakespeare's use of Ovidian text as source material produces an intrinsic theme when viewed through the scope of a writer whose primary aim was to provide his audience with a "uniquely English" dramatic product.
Reviews
“The author has masterfully presented a complex subject succinctly . . . an ambitious treatment of the tension between Shakespeare and Ovid.”
- Alexander Huang, Pennsylvania State University
“. . . a fresh insight serving to provide a cogent explanation for the seemingly random yet myriad classical Ovidian references found throughout Shakespearean drama.” - Prof. Kimberly Downing, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith
“. . . a fresh insight serving to provide a cogent explanation for the seemingly random yet myriad classical Ovidian references found throughout Shakespearean drama.” - Prof. Kimberly Downing, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith