Ars Amatoria
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ISBN13: 9780198147367
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Ovid's Ars Amatoria has met with astonishingly varied fortunes down the centuries. Ten years after publication the book became a reason, or more probably a pretext, for the author's banishment from Rome. It was removed from public libraries, and more recently the poem suffered a virtualembargo in schools and universities.This is the first detailed English commentary on any part of the poem. Examined afresh, it emerges as the wittiest of Ovid's love poems, turning upside down the attitudes and conventions of orthodox love elegy. The work is full of psychological insight and is richly embroidered with details ofcontemporary Roman social and political life. This new paperback edition intends to bring out the spirit of provocative frivolity which was undeniably meant to irritate Roman traditionalists. The text of Kenney's Oxford Classical Text is reproduced and supplemented with a full introduction to thestyle and historical background the poem, as well as with a full commentary and appendices.
| ISBN-13 | 9780198147367 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0198147368 |
| Weight | 0.44 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 7.29 x 4.86 x 0.58 In |
| List Price | $83.00 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 196 pages |
| Publisher | Clarendon Press |
| Published On | 1989-11-09 |
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