Ars amatoria
by Ovid
Book 3 of Ovid's Ars Amatoria teaches women how to catch and keep men and is presented in this modern edition, based on the revised Oxford Classical Text by E.J. Kenney. In his extensive introduction and commentary, Gibson responds to recent developments in interpreting didactic poetry and the treatment of women by classical authors, especially the Latin elegiac poets. He explores how the interests of male readers are covertly served in a book addressed to women.
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- Full title :Ars amatoria. / Ovid ; edited with introduction and commentary by Roy K. Gibson.
Summary
Book 3 of Ovid's Ars Amatoria teaches women how to catch and keep men and is presented in this modern edition, based on the revised Oxford Classical Text by E.J. Kenney. In his extensive introduction and commentary, Gibson responds to recent developments in interpreting didactic poetry and the treatment of women by classical authors, especially the Latin elegiac poets. He explores how the interests of male readers are covertly served in a book addressed to women.
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- Publication Date:2003.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003.
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 446 pages ; : 23 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0521813700, 9780521813709
- oclc:ocm49664537
- LC Classification:PA6519.A82
- Dewey Decimal:871/.01
Table of Contents
Introduction. Content and structure of Ars 3 ; The didactic tradition and Ars 3 ; The 'erotodidactic' tradition and Ars 3 ; The 'anti-cosmetic' tradition and Ars 3 ; The puellae of Ars 3 and the lex Iulia de adulteriis ; The date of Ars 3 ; The text of Ars 3 -- Text and critical apparatus. Sigla ; Artis amatoriae liber tertivs -- Commentary.
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