Ovid's Lovers

Compelling investigation of the question of the male/female relationship, which is central to Ovid's works.

Autorentext
Victoria Rimell is Associate Professor in the Department of Greek and Latin Philology at the University of Rome, La Sapieza. She has published Petronius and the Anatomy of Fiction (2002), Ovid's Lovers (2006) and Martial's Rome (2008), and has also contributed to The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire (edited by Kirk Freudenberg, 2005) and Ordering Knowledge in the Roman Empire (edited by Jason Konig and Tim Whitmarsh, 2007).

Klappentext
Compelling investigation of the question of the male/female relationship which is central to Ovid??'s works.

Zusammenfassung
Just as it compels writers today, the question of male and female relations preoccupied Ovid. This work investigates his obsession with the complexities of that relationship, exploring both his celebrated and lesser-known works. Offering a new vision of Ovid, this is required reading for students of Latin literature, gender and difference.

Inhalt
Introduction: Narcissus and Medusa: desiring subjects and the dialectics of Ovidian erotics; 1. Specular logicis: Medicamina; 2. Double vision: Ars Amatoria I, II, and III; 3. Seeing seers: Metamorphoses 10-11.84; 4. Co-creators: Heroides 15; 5. What goes around: Heroides 16-21; 6. Space between: Heroides 18-19; Conclusion.

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