"Originally performed and published in 1675, this five-act play parodies the vices and hypocrisies of Restoration London. The plot centers on the aptly named Mr. Horner, a notorious rake who feigns impotence to trick his way into the intimate company of married ladies. Bursting …
Ars amatoria book 3
by Gibson, Roy K., Ovidius Naso, Publius
fromCambridge classical texts and commentaries
Ars amatoria book 3
by Gibson, Roy K., Ovidius Naso, Publius
fromCambridge classical texts and commentaries
Ovid, Ars amatoria book 3
by Gibson, Roy K., Ovid
fromCambridge classical texts and commentaries
Ars amatoria book 3
by Gibson, Roy K., Ovid
fromCambridge classical texts and commentaries
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…
La drague pour les nuls
by Escaravage, Florence, Hefez, Serge, Pichon-Bonno, Karine
fromPour les nuls
La drague pour les nuls
by Escaravage, Florence, Hefez, Serge, Pichon-Bonno, Karine
fromPour les nuls
Explore 800 years of lust, love, and loss. The author takes the reader on a journey from medieval courtly love, through to the sexual license of the Restoration, and Victorian propriety. Pick up historical 'dating tips', from how to court (or be courted); write romantic love let…