Ovid Ars Amatoria, Book III [Paperback]

A full-scale commentary emphasising the poem's didactic elements and its treatment of women.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.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.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.Introduction; Text and critical apparatus; Method of the commentary; Commentary. This is a most welcome volume. Advanced students and scholars interested in amatory, didactic, and Augustan poetry in general will find in Gibson's Ars 3 a prized addition to their libraries. New England Classical Journal, Thomas A. Suits, University of Connecticut, Storrs