The Art of Love , or Ars Amatoria , is a poem about sex and poetry, and poetry as sex. Witty and subversive, it is a poem of seduction about seduction: the seduction of the implied reader being initiated into the art of love, as well as the actual reader being seduced by the poet into the act of reading the poem. This sophisticated but accessible reading of the poem focuses on the relationship between the poet and reader, the lover and the seduced--both here and elsewhere in Latin poetry. The book translates all Latin ...
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The Art of Love , or Ars Amatoria , is a poem about sex and poetry, and poetry as sex. Witty and subversive, it is a poem of seduction about seduction: the seduction of the implied reader being initiated into the art of love, as well as the actual reader being seduced by the poet into the act of reading the poem. This sophisticated but accessible reading of the poem focuses on the relationship between the poet and reader, the lover and the seduced--both here and elsewhere in Latin poetry. The book translates all Latin quotations, and should prove a new, exciting, and provocative contribution to Latin literary criticism.
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Very Good Condition. A very presentable copy with minimal wear. Cover shows light signs of use, but is unmarked and undamaged. Internally, clean and fresh, with unmarked and uncreased pages. Publisher's note: The Ars Amatoria is a poem about sex and poetry, and poetry as sex. Witty and subversive, it is a poem of seduction about seduction: the seduction of the 'implied' reader being initiated into the art of love, and ourselves, as we are seduced by the poet into the act of reading the poem xiv, 320 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Repetition (Rhetoric); Rhetoric, Ancient; Seduction in literature; Sex in literature; Erotic poetry, Latin; Rome (Empire); ISBN: 019814959X. ISBN/EAN: 9780198149590. Add. Inventory No: 231026HAAC04022.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 019814959X. A lean and light rubbing and toning. Jacket with light rubbing and toning and minor wear to the edges. Notations in pencil. Photos upon request. International shipping billed at cost.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 334 pages.
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Very Good. 1994. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Jacket spine sunned, with creasing at ends. Light scrape on front jacket panel. Discoloration to flaps. Front free endpaper cut across top corner. Else fine, clean internals. Very Good. (Subject: Ancient, Rome).
