Tales from Ovid, Twenty-Four Passages from the Metamorphoses, 1st Ed., 1988, Ted Hughes Signed Limited Edition
£495.00
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Ted Hughes' 'Tales from Ovid' is a part translation, part poetic reimagining of twenty four tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Hughes' selections include Orpheus and Eurydice, Venus and Adonis, Echo, Narcissus and some less well known tales. In some ways, his renditions read less like translations and more like his own poetry at its visceral and imaginative best.
Dimensions
22cm (8in) x 14cm (5.5in)
Features
notes
Ted Hughes' 'Tales from Ovid' is a part translation, part poetic reimagining of twenty four tales from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Hughes' selections include Orpheus and Eurydice, Venus and Adonis, Echo, Narcissus and some less well known tales. In some ways, his renditions read less like translations and more like his own poetry at its visceral and imaginative best.
Details & Care
- Published by Faber & Faber, London, 1988. First Edition.
- One of Faber & Faber’s hallmark ‘Special Editions’ signed and numbered (140 of 300).
- Octavo.
- Original grey cloth-backed green boards with orange endpapers, orange label to the spine printed in black, housed in the original slipcase.
- Signed by Ted Hughes on the limitation leaf. Near Fine condition.
- Very collectible.
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