Ovid's Changing Worlds English Metamorphoses 1567-1632 [Hardcover]

Ovid's Changing Worldslooks at the four most important English imitations of theMetamorphosesin the English Renaissance: the translations of Arthur Golding and George Sandys, Spenser'sFaerie Queene, and Michael Drayton'sPoly-Olbion. It sheds new light on dealings with the classics in the period and shows that the emergence of English literature was a complex and fascinating process.

Lyne's erudite work about four Renaissance English engagements with theMetamorphoseshas much to recommend it...There is much of use in this excellent book, for Renaissance scholars and Ovidians; especially noteworthy is the sustained discussion of Pythagoras in Spenser, Drayton, and Sandys as a figure for the translator/author. --Religious Studies Review