Tales from Ovid: 24 Passages from the Metamorphoses
by Ted Hughes
Paperback – 30 March 1999
A powerful version of the Latin classic by England's late Poet Laureate, now in paperback.
When it was published in 1997, Tales from Ovid was immediately recognized as a classic in its own right, as the best rendering of Ovid in generations, and as a major book in Ted Hughes's oeuvre. The Metamorphoses of Ovid stands with the works of Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Milton as a classic of world poetry; Hughes translated twenty-four of its stories with great power and directness. The result is the liveliest twentieth-century version of the classic, at once a delight for the Latinist and an appealing introduction to Ovid for the general reader.
About the Author
TED HUGHES (1930-1998) published numerous volumes of poetry and prose for adults and children. He received the Guardian Award for Children's Fiction in 1985 and was appointed Poet Laureate of England in 1984.
Product details
- Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (30 March 1999)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0374525870
- ISBN-13 : 9780374525873
- Dimensions : 13.97 x 1.78 x 20.83 cm