Reading Myth explores the appropriation and transformation of classical myth (mostly Ovidian) by medieval culture. It looks at five turning points in the reception and interpretation of mythical stories: the 12th-century romances of antiquity; the 13th-century Roman de la Rose; the 14th-century Ovide moralisé; the poetic works of Guillaume de Machaut and Jean Froissart; and at the varied literary  production of Christine de Pizan.

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