Ovid, the love poems / translated by A.D. Melville ; with an introduction and notes by E.J. Kenney.

Author
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description
xxxvi, 265 p. ; 20 cm.

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    Series
    Oxford world's classics
    Summary note
    Ovid's love poems were brilliant and innovative. In the "Amores (Loves)" his witty and ironic analysis explodes the romantic mystery of elegiac love-poetry, so that after the poems appeared it was simply no longer possible to write love-elegy: Ovid had skillfully dealt the genre its deathblow. In its place he offers in the "Ars Amatoria (The Art of Love)" and "Remedia Amoris (The Cures for Love)" an alternative conception of love, as a game at which both sexes can play without getting hurt -- providing they stick to the poet's rules. -- From publisher's description.
    Notes
    Translations from the Latin.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Action note
    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Contents
    • Amores
    • Cosmetics for ladies
    • The art of love
    • The cures for love.
    ISBN
    • 9780199540334 (pbk.)
    • 0199540330 (pbk.)
    LCCN
    ^^2008277731
    OCLC
    269283723
    RCP
    H - S
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