9789004467279 - Ovid in China: Reception, Translation, and Comparison (Metaforms, Band 22) (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis collection of essays, unquestionably a first of its kind, examines the challenges of translating Ovid into Chinese and the emerging role Ovid s poetry has played in Chinese culture, including material culture and comparat.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ovid in China offers a fresh look at an ancient Roman author in a Chinese context and often from a Chinese perspective. The seventeen essays in this volume, by a group of international scholars, examine Ovid's interaction with China in a broad historical context, including the arrival of Christian missionaries in 1294, the depiction of Ovidian scenes on 18th-century Chinese porcelain, the growing Chinese interest in Ovid in the early 20th century, a 21st-century collaborative project to translate Ovid's poetry into Chinese with commentary, and comparative studies on such themes as conceptualization of time, consolation, laughter, filicide, and revenge.