| Description |
1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Series |
Classical Literature and Society |
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Classical literature and society.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Ovid and His Predecessors; 2. The Ovidian Narrator; 3. Erotic Objects; 4. Mythology; 5. Roma Amor: The City of Love; 6. The Future of Love; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Passages; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W |
| Summary |
Ovid devoted about half of his poetic career to the production of several collections of amatory verse, all composed in elegiac couplets. Indeed, his irrepressible interest in love, sex and elegiac poetry is one of the defining features of his entire output. Here Rebecca Armstrong offers a thematic examination of some important aspects of the Amores, Ars Amatoria and Remedia Amoris. Starting from an investigation of the narrator's self-creation and presentation of other characters within his amatory verse, she assesses the importance of mythical and contemporary reference, as well as the influ |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 20, 2015) |
| Subject |
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. fast |
| Subject |
Love poetry, Latin -- History and criticism
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Elegiac poetry, Latin -- History and criticism
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Elegiac poetry, Latin
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Love poetry, Latin
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781472502452 |
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1472502450 |
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