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"Based for the most part on Ovid's Metamorphoses, epyllia retell stories of the dalliances of gods and mortals, most often concerning the transformation of beautiful youths. This short-lived genre flourished and died in England in the 1590s. Epyllia were produced mainly by and for the young men of the Inns of Court, where the ambitious came to study law and to sample the pleasures London had to offer. Jim Ellis provides detailed readings of fifteen examples of the epyllion, considering the poems in their cultural milieu and arguing that these myths of the transformations of young men are at the same time stories of sexual, social, and political metamorphoses." "Examining both the most famous (Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis and Marlowe's Hero and Leander) and some of the more obscure examples of the genre (Hiren, the Fair Greek and The Metamorphosis of Tobacco), Ellis moves from considering fantasies of selfhood, through erotic relations with others, to literary affiliation, political relations, and finally to international issues such as exploration, settlement, and trade. Offering a revisionist account of the genre of the epyllion, Ellis transforms theories of sexuality, literature, and politics of the Elizabethan age, making an erudite and intriguing contribution to the field."--Jacket.

Burgerrecht in de literatuur --- Citizenship in literature --- Citoyenneté dans la littérature --- Gedaanteverwisseling in de literatuur --- Jeunes hommes dans la littérature --- Jongemannen in de literatuur --- Metamorphose dans la litterature --- Metamorphosis in literature --- Seksualiteit in de literatuur --- Sex in literature --- Sexe dans la littérature --- Young men in literature --- Citizenship in literature. --- English poetry --- Erotic poetry, English --- Metamorphosis in literature. --- Sex in literature. --- Young men in literature. --- Roman influences. --- History and criticism. --- Burial --- Sepulchral monuments --- Tombs --- Funeral monuments --- Funerary monuments --- Graves --- Gravestones --- Memorial tablets --- Tablets, Memorial --- Tombstones --- Monuments --- Burial customs --- Burying-grounds --- Interment --- Archaeology --- Public health --- Coffins --- Dead --- Funeral rites and ceremonies --- Grave digging --- Ovid, --- Nasó, P. Ovidi, --- Naso, Publius Ovidius, --- Nazon, --- Ouidio, --- Ovide, --- Ovidi, --- Ovidi Nasó, P., --- Ovidiĭ, --- Ovidiĭ Nazon, Publiĭ, --- Ovidio, --- Ovidio Nasón, P., --- Ovidio Nasone, Publio, --- Ovidios, --- Ovidiu, --- Ovidius Naso, P., --- Ovidius Naso, Publius, --- Owidiusz, --- P. Ovidius Naso, --- Publiĭ Ovidiĭ Nazon, --- Publio Ovidio Nasone, --- Ūvīd, --- אוביד, --- Ovidius Naso, Publius. --- Appreciation --- Influence. --- English erotic poetry --- History and criticism --- Monuments funéraires --- Tombeaux --- Sépulture --- Ovid --- Influence --- England --- Early modern, 1500-1700 --- Erotic poetry [English ] --- Roman influences --- Sepulchral monuments - Africa, North --- Tombs - Africa, North --- Burial - Africa, North --- Metamorphoses (Ovid) --- England. --- North Africa. --- P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoses (Ovid) --- Metamorphoses (Ovidius Naso, Publius) --- Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseos liber (Ovid) --- Publii Ouidii Nasonis Metamorphoseos liber (Ovid) --- Metamorphoseos liber (Ovid) --- Angleterre --- Anglii͡ --- Anglija --- Engeland --- Inghilterra --- Inglaterra --- Africa, North --- Barbary States --- Maghreb --- Maghrib