Cart
Free Shipping in Australia
Proud to be B-Corp

Ovid and His Love Poetry Rebecca Armstrong

Ovid and His Love Poetry By Rebecca Armstrong

Ovid and His Love Poetry by Rebecca Armstrong


$80.99
Condition - New
Only 2 left

Summary

A thematic examination of Ovid s Love Poetry

Ovid and His Love Poetry Summary

Ovid and His Love Poetry by Rebecca Armstrong

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 influence of the erotic on Ovid's later works. By looking at the Ars and Remedia alongside the Amores, the continuities and contradictions in the poet's elegiac outlook are revealed, and a complex picture is formed of the Ovidian world of love. Ovid's erotic works present the reader with a glimpse inside the minds of both poets and lovers, mediated through eyes which are frequently inclined to comedy and even cynicism, but always sharp, perceptive and above all fascinated by human behaviour.

About Rebecca Armstrong

Rebecca Armstrong is Junior Research Fellow in Classical Culture, Balliol College, Oxford.

Additional information

NLS9780715632895
9780715632895
0715632892
Ovid and His Love Poetry by Rebecca Armstrong
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2005-06-30
192
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a new book - be the first to read this copy. With untouched pages and a perfect binding, your brand new copy is ready to be opened for the first time

Customer Reviews - Ovid and His Love Poetry