Art of Love (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Ovid
- First Published: 2
- Type of Work: Didactic
- Genres: Poetry, Erotic literature, Lyric sequence
- Subjects: Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Adultery, Human behavior, Greek or Roman times, Rome
Critical Evaluation:
Art of Love is a set of entertaining and eminently practical instructions for successfully undertaking the game of love. The physical, not the philosophical, aspect of love is Ovid’s sphere, and pleasure is its sole end. Two of the three books are addressed to young men, the third to young women. Together, they make up one of the earliest manuals of the type.
Choosing and winning the proper woman is the subject of the first book. Selection, Ovid encourages the potential lover, is easy: Rome is full of beautiful young women; one need only go...
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