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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-100906515459

ISBN-139780906515457

eBay Product ID (ePID)763150

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Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameOvid: Amores I

Publication Year1991

SubjectLatin, Ancient Languages (See Also Latin), Ancient & Classical

FeaturesReprint,New Edition

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorOvid

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Literary Collections

SeriesLatin Texts

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight9.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Decimal871/.01

Table Of ContentIntroduction I. Ovid 2. Love-Elegy 3. The Amores 4 Metre 5. Style 6. The Text Further Reading Abbreviations Sigla Contents Text, Translations, And Commentaries Appendix Of Parallel Poems And Versions Index

SynopsisThis edition of the first book of Ovid's Amores was first published in 1973 by OUP. It has been kept in print by BCP because it remains an outstandlingly useful volume. It was one of two editions (the other being Gordon Williams' Horace 'Odes' III, 1969) in which OUP pioneered a new kind of continuous running commentary particularly suited to short poems, one 'likely to be more illuminating than a series of disconnected notes on isolated problems, which may contribute little to the total understanding of the poem as the poet conceived it'. This approach was intended to promote in sixth-formers and undergraduates not just an understanding of the Latin but a critical appreciation of literary quality. In this aim, the edition has been a continued success., This edition of the first book of Ovid's "Amores" was first published in 1973 by OUP. It has been kept in print by BCP because it remains an outstandlingly useful volume. It was one of two editions (the other being Gordon Williams' "Horace 'Odes' III," 1969) in which OUP pioneered a new kind of continuous running commentary particularly suited to short poems, one 'likely to be more illuminating than a series of disconnected notes on isolated problems, which may contribute little to the total understanding of the poem as the poet conceived it'. This approach was intended to promote in sixth-formers and undergraduates not just an understanding of the Latin but a critical appreciation of literary quality. In this aim, the edition has been a continued success., Contains a continuous running commentary suited to short poems. This book contains the commentary to promote in sixth-formers and undergraduates, not just an understanding of the Latin but also an appreciation of literary quality., This edition of the first book of Ovid's "Amores" was first published in 1973 by OUP. It has been kept in print by BCP because it remains an outstandlingly useful volume. It was one of two editions (the other being Gordon Williams' "Horace 'Odes' III", 1969) in which OUP pioneered a new kind of continuous running commentary particularly suited to short poems, one 'likely to be more illuminating than a series of disconnected notes on isolated problems, which may contribute little to the total understanding of the poem as the poet conceived it'. This approach was intended to promote in sixth-formers and undergraduates not just an understanding of the Latin but a critical appreciation of literary quality. In this aim, the edition has been a continued success.

LC Classification NumberPA6522; PA6519.A7