{"product_id":"9781350268982","title":"Ovid's Metamorphoses and the Environmental Imagination","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAncient Environments\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eOvid's Metamorphoses and the Environmental Imagination\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGiulia Sissa | Anna Collar | Francesca Martelli | Esther Eidinow | Katharina Lorenz\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetry \/ Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book positions Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses \u003c\/i\u003eas a foundational text in the western history of environmental thought. The poem is about new bodies. Stones, springs, plants and animals materialize out of human origins to create a world of hybrid objects, which retain varying degrees of human subjectivity while taking on new physical form. In bending the boundaries of known categories of being, these hybrid entities reveal both the porousness of human and other agencies as well as the dangers released by their fusion. Metamorphosis unsettles the category of the human within the complex ecologies that make up the world as we know it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a range of modern environmental theorists and approaches, the contributors to this volume trace how the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e models the relationship between humans and other life forms in ways that resonate with the preoccupations of contemporary eco-criticism. They make the case for seeing the worldview depicted in Ovid's poem as an exemplar of the 'premodern' ecological mindset that contemporary environmental thought seeks to approximate. They also highlight critical moments in the history of the poem's ecological reception, including reflections by a contemporary poet, as well as studies of Medieval and Renaissance responses to Ovid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiulia Sissa\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Comparative Literature and Classics at UCLA, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Life of the Greek Gods \u003c\/i\u003e(with M. Detienne, 2000), \u003ci\u003eGreek Virginity \u003c\/i\u003e(1990), \u003ci\u003eSex and Sensuality in the Ancient \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorld \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), \u003ci\u003eJealousy: A Forbidden Passion \u003c\/i\u003e(2017) and \u003ci\u003eLe Pouvoir des femmes. Un \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003edéfi pour la démocratie \u003c\/i\u003e(2021).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesca Martelli\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Classics at UCLA, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eOvid \u003c\/i\u003e(2020) and \u003ci\u003eOvid's Revisions \u003c\/i\u003e(2013).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 February 2025\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350268982\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e264\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13.28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515327185036,"sku":"9781350268982","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_f39c170e-bc65-4b35-b6cb-1d44159deb78.jpg?v=1784692242","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350268982","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}