{"product_id":"ovids-erotic-poems-amores-and-ars-amatoria-9780812246254","title":"Ovid's Erotic Poems: Amores and Ars Amatoria","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most sophisticated and daring poetic ironist of the early Roman Empire, Publius Ovidius Naso, is perhaps best known for his oft-imitated \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 \u003ci\u003eAmores\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003ci\u003eArs Amatoria\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOvid's Erotic Poems\u003c\/i\u003e offers a modern English translation of the \u003ci\u003eAmores\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArs Amatoria\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eOvid's Erotic Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a wickedly funny send-up of romantic and sexual mores but also a sharp critique of literary technique and poetic convention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ovid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.9lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812246254","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713544622217,"sku":"9780812246254","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_43201707-41f0-4a15-a83c-bfd75aea85da.jpg?v=1719614981","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/ovids-erotic-poems-amores-and-ars-amatoria-9780812246254","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}