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Florence Verducci challenges the presuppositions and expectations that have led to embarrassed censure of the wit and comic irreverence that Ovid wove into these dramatic monologues, addressed by his heroines to absent lovers. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make avail



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*A Note on the Translations and Abbreviations, pg. x*I The Chambers of Romance, pg. 1*II. Jason'st Womedeas: Heroides 6 And 12, pg. 33*III. Servitium Amoris: Heroides 3, pg. 87*IV. Elegiac Convention ss Artistic 123 Dilemma: Heroides 15, pg. 123*V. Ordinary Incest: Heroides 11, pg. 181*VI. Ariadne in Extremis: Heroides 10, pg. 235*VII. Postscript in Lieu of Preface : Three Ways of Resurrecting Ovid, pg. 287*Index, pg. 307

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 7/14/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691611280, 978-0691611280
      ISBN10: 0691611289

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      Book Synopsis

      Florence Verducci challenges the presuppositions and expectations that have led to embarrassed censure of the wit and comic irreverence that Ovid wove into these dramatic monologues, addressed by his heroines to absent lovers. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make avail



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*A Note on the Translations and Abbreviations, pg. x*I The Chambers of Romance, pg. 1*II. Jason'st Womedeas: Heroides 6 And 12, pg. 33*III. Servitium Amoris: Heroides 3, pg. 87*IV. Elegiac Convention ss Artistic 123 Dilemma: Heroides 15, pg. 123*V. Ordinary Incest: Heroides 11, pg. 181*VI. Ariadne in Extremis: Heroides 10, pg. 235*VII. Postscript in Lieu of Preface : Three Ways of Resurrecting Ovid, pg. 287*Index, pg. 307

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