Tales from Ovid

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Tales from Ovid is Ted Hughes’s acclaimed poetic retelling of stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, noted for its vivid, contemporary language and psychological intensity.

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instanceOf book
poetry collection
adaptationOf classical mythology
author Ted Hughes
awarded Whitbread Book of the Year (Poetry) shortlist
basedOn Metamorphoses
basedOnWorkBy Ovid
containsWork poetic retellings of myths from Metamorphoses
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception acclaimed
genre classical adaptation
poetry
hasPart “Actaeon” retelling
“Arachne” retelling
“Bacchus” retelling
“Baucis and Philemon” retelling
“Ceyx and Alcyone” retelling
“Echo and Narcissus” retelling
“Hercules” retelling
“Hermaphroditus” retelling
“Io” retelling
“Midas” retelling
“Niobe” retelling
“Orpheus” retelling
“Pentheus” retelling
“Phaedra” retelling
“Phaethon” retelling
“Procne” retelling
“Psyche” retelling
“Pygmalion” retelling
“Pyramus and Thisbe” retelling
“Tereus” retelling
“Tiresias” retelling
“Venus and Adonis” retelling
hasStyle dramatic monologue elements
modern idiom
language English
literaryForm verse retelling
notableFor psychological intensity
vivid contemporary language
originalWorkLanguage Latin
publicationYear 1997
publisher Faber and Faber
sourceAuthor Ovid
subject Greek mythology
Roman mythology
love
metamorphosis
power
transformation
violence

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Edward James Hughes notableWork Tales from Ovid