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Ovid and his love poetry /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, England ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2005.
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| Colección: | Classical literature and society.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 influ. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781472502452 1472502450 |