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Two Thousand Years Of Solitude

by Jennifer Ingleheart

Ovid, 43 b.c.-17 a.d. or 18 a.d.Romania, description and travelExiles in literatureRome, historyExileRomansHomes and hauntsExiles

This is an interdisciplinary study of the impact of Ovid's banishment upon later Western literature and explores the responses to Ovid's portrait of his life in exile. Two millennia after his banishment, Ovid is still a potent symbol of the punished author, suffering in exile.

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Book data: Open Library