Ovid's erotic poems : "Amores" and "Ars amatoria" / / translated by Len Krisak ; introduction by Sarah Ruden
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Ovid
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| Titolo: |
Ovid's erotic poems : "Amores" and "Ars amatoria" / / translated by Len Krisak ; introduction by Sarah Ruden
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 871/.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Love poetry, Latin |
| Erotic poetry, Latin | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | KrisakLen <1948-> |
| RudenSarah | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction by Sarah Ruden -- Translator’s Preface -- Book I -- Book II -- Book III -- Book I -- Book II -- Book III -- Notes -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The most sophisticated and daring poetic ironist of the early Roman Empire, Publius Ovidius Naso, is perhaps best known for his oft-imitated Metamorphoses. But the Roman poet also wrote lively and lewd verse on the subjects of love, sex, marriage, and adultery—a playful parody of the earnest erotic poetry traditions established by his literary ancestors. The Amores, Ovid's first completed book of poetry, explores the conventional mode of erotic elegy with some subversive and silly twists: the poetic narrator sets up a lyrical altar to an unattainable woman only to knock it down by poking fun at her imperfections. Ars Amatoria takes the form of didactic verse in which a purportedly mature and experienced narrator instructs men and women alike on how to best play their hands at the long con of love. Ovid's Erotic Poems offers a modern English translation of the Amores and Ars Amatoria that retains the irreverent wit and verve of the original. Award-winning poet Len Krisak captures the music of Ovid's richly textured Latin meters through rhyming couplets that render the verse as playful and agile as it was meant to be. Sophisticated, satirical, and wildly self-referential, Ovid's Erotic Poems is not just a wickedly funny send-up of romantic and sexual mores but also a sharp critique of literary technique and poetic convention. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ovid's erotic poems |
| ISBN: | 0-8122-0992-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465132603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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