In German language and literature, which classical Latin poet's exile in Tomis provides the literary foundation for Christoph Ransmayr's Die letzte Welt?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Ovid
- Step 1: Christoph Ransmayr's celebrated 1988 postmodern novel depicts Cotta's search on the Black Sea coast for the exiled Roman poet Ovid and his vanished 'Metamorphoses'. Answer: Ovid. Why not the others: Virgil, Horace and Catullus do not fit this definition or historical context.
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