Ovidian Retro-Metamorphosis on the Elizabethan Stage

Lindsay Ann Reid

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Ovidian Retro-Metamorphosis on the Elizabethan Stage

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Although Ovid dedicated his Metamorphoses to the subject of change, the vast majority of the corporeal alterations catalogued in this ancient Roman poem are singular, permanent transformations. In contrast, dramatists writing for the Elizabethan stage tended to represent fantastical, neo-Ovidian metamorphoses as temporary and reversible. With particular reference to the plays of John Lyly and especially Loves Metamorphosis this article exposes conceptual and generic deviations between the static post-metamorphic norm found in Ovids Latin poetry and Elizabethan Englands theatrical depictions of bodily retro-metamorphoses.

Original language	English (Ireland)
Journal	Early Theatre
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/http://hdl.handle.net/10379/14817
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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Ovidian Retro-Metamorphosis on the Elizabethan Stage

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