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"Smoothly readable, accurate, charming, subtle yet clear.... A lucidly fluent version of this most flowing of poems."
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Ovid's epic poem is one of the most important texts of Western imagination and an inspiration for writers. In his award-winning tranlsation, Charles Martin combines fidelity to Ovid's text with verse that catches the speed and liveliness of the original. The text is accompanied by a preface, "A Note on the Translation" and detailed explanatory annotations.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
okay, nothing special
5 Jan 2011
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I got a Penguin edition before I knew this one existed and used it in my class, so my comments concern how well the two work in a college classroom. The benefit of the Penguin edition is the larger type and wider margins. Both have notes (Penguin at the back and Norton as footnotes) and a glossary of characters and places. The Norton has some pieces of Roman literature that can be useful for contextualizing Ovid and the book. There are four "critical" articles, none particularly scholarly, and so doesn't measure up to the quality of other critical editions. (I don't think this is the editor's fault, since there isn't much criticism about the book.) There is no difference in quality between the translations. For a casual reader, I'd go with eye-friendly Penguin. If you are interesed in Roman lit and history, the Norton would be better.
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I ended up on this page by clicking from the Charles Martin Norton Critical Series Edition.
There was a link for larger print.
And here I am.
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Is this Charles Martin's award-winning translation from the Norton Critical edition or something else?
And why is this only volume II?
Why is this text linked to the Norton by Martin? All very confusing indeed.
There was a link for larger print.
And here I am.
BUT
Is this Charles Martin's award-winning translation from the Norton Critical edition or something else?
And why is this only volume II?
Why is this text linked to the Norton by Martin? All very confusing indeed.
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