Ovid's Erotic Poems: Amores and Ars Amatoria - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ovid, Len Krisak (Translator), Sarah Ruden (Introduction by)Publish date:2014-10-22Pages:232
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812246254ISBN-10:081224625XUPC:9780812246254Book Category:Poetry, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Ancient, Classical & MedievalSize:8.60 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCAA7JJXE6
Ovid's Erotic Poems: Amores and Ars Amatoria
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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pennsylvania PressISBN-13:9780812246254ISBN-10:081224625XUPC:9780812246254Book Category:Poetry, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Ancient, Classical & MedievalSize:8.60 x 5.50 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCAA7JJXE6
Len Krisak is author and translator of several volumes of poetry, including Virgil's Eclogues, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. He has won several poetry awards, including the Richard Wilbur Prize, the Robert Penn Warren Prize, and the Robert Frost Prize. Sarah Ruden is a poet, translator, essayist, and classicist. She is author of Paul Among the People: The Apostle...
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
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Ovid, Len Krisak (Translator), Sarah Ruden (Introduction by)
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