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"The first female translator of the epic into English in over sixty years, Stephanie McCarter addresses accuracy in translation and its representation of women, gendered dynamics of power, and sexual violence in Ovid's classic. Ovid's Metamorphoses is an epic poem, but one that upturns almost every convention. There is no main hero, no central conflict, and no sustained objective. What it is about (power, defiance, art, love, abuse, grief, rape, war,...
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Composed in Latin in the early years of the first century by the Roman poet Ovid, the "Metamorphoses" presents a collection of amazing tales of transformation based on Greek mythology and legend. Michael Simpson's prose translation of Ovid's masterpiece in the rapid and direct American idiom catches the swiftness and clarity of the Latin original. His introduction sketches the poet's life, describes his extant works, discusses his unusual exile to...
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"Returning to a rejuvenated South Australian infantry battalion, after having been severely injured at Gallipoli, newly promoted Sergeant Major William Berenger finds himself in the sleepy village of Albert on the Somme on the eve of a massive Australian assault at Pozières. Having married Juliana, whom Berenger had first met 15 years earlier as a Boer prisoner in the South African war, Berenger is called again to the colours, despite the impending...
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Metamorphoses (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Ovid
Making the reading experience fun
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: *Chapter-by-chapter analysis
*Explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols
*A review quiz and essay topicsLively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night...
8) Métamorphose
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La terre remue constamment sous mes pieds.
Je pensais avoir découvert la vérité sur qui je suis. Mais tout ce que j'ai appris n'était en fait qu'un mensonge. Je ferai tout ce qu'il faut pour découvrir ce que je dois savoir. Je sacrifierai pratiquement tout. Je dois savoir qui — ou ce que — je suis.
10) Metamorphoses
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In this modern-day retelling of Ovid's "Metamorphoses," a young girl named Europa is seduced by a magnetic stranger named Jupiter and embarks on a mythical journey to a land of powerful gods.
11) Metamorphose
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Digitaler Serienroman von Peter Anderson. Zweite Staffel. Episode 2 von 12. - In einer fremden Welt kämpft die Crew der SURVIVOR ums Überleben. Jacques D'Abo, genannt Jabo, ist nach einer schweren Verletzung in eine Art Cyborg, eine Mischung aus Mensch und Maschine, verwandelt worden. Unentwegt musste er darum kämpfen, die Kontrolle über seinen Körper zu behalten. Nun ist dieser Kampf vorbei. Die Maschine in ihm ist fort. Doch es war nicht sein...
12) The golden ass
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A new translation of this classic Latin novel, one of the seminal books of European literature--a blend of romantic adventure, fable, and religious testament. It includes the myth of Cupid and Psyche, the search of the human soul for union with the divine.
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The Metamorphoses, or The Golden Ass, is the only Ancient Roman novel to survive in its entirety. The protagonist of the novel is called Lucius. At the end of the novel, he is revealed to be from Madaurus, in ancient Algeria, the hometown of Apuleius himself. The plot revolves around the protagonist's curiosity and insatiable desire to see and practice magic. While trying to perform a spell to transform into a bird, he is accidentally transformed...
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Paris, 2038. Après la chute des villes, Paul vit avec son père dans un Montmartre déserté par les émeutes et l'oppression d'un gouvernement totalitaire. Son existence est bien monotone, ponctuée par l'incertitude installée par la précarité qui asphyxie une partie de la population. Seulement, à la suite de sa rencontre avec un scientifique, sa vie va prendre un tournant inattendu...
15) La métamorphose
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Après avoir transformé son squat en un fast-food haut de gamme, Cobus doit faire face à bien des menaces...
Cobus, ancien trader cousu d'or clochardisé après un séjour à Fleury-Mérogis, est sur le point de sortir de la galère après avoir transformé le squat dans lequel il vit en une entreprise de fast-food haut de gamme, « Le Monde de Juju », cuisine labellisée « tradition française ». Afin d'être à l'abri de la convoitise d'un...
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