OVID ARS AMATORIA BOOK 3

Gibson, Roy

ISBN 10: 0521124212 / ISBN 13: 9780521124218

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2009

About this Item

Cambridge University Press, 2009, 8vo., 446 pages. Softcover edition, some pencil marks and notes in text margins. English/Latin text, name of previous owner on front endpage. Book in very good+ condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # GD012326okBC7S3

Bibliographic Details

• Title: OVID ARS AMATORIA BOOK 3
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521124212
• ISBN 13: 9780521124218
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

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 poetry and the treatment of women by classical authors, especially the Latin elegiac poets. He explores how the interests of male readers are covertly served in a book addressed to women.

Book Description

Book 3 of Ovid's Ars Amatoria teaches women how to catch and keep men and is here presented in the first full modern edition, based on the revised Oxford Classical Text by E. J. Kenney. In his extensive introduction and commentary Dr Gibson responds to recent developments in interpreting didactic poetry and the treatment of women by classical au thors, especially the Latin elegiac poets. He particularly explores the question of how the interests of male readers are covertly served in a book addressed to women.