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Ovid
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| Title | : | The Art of Love |
| Author | : | Ovid |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 199 pages |
| Published | : | October 8th 2002 by Modern Library (first published -1) |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Classics. Philosophy. Nonfiction. Romance |
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Dear Ovid,You made me look like a sex pest.
I was visiting a city for the day with a friend of mine; it was cold outside and we’d taken refuge in this really quaint bookstore. It wasn’t one of the chain ones, but a really quirky independent bookstore that had shelves packed with tomes and all sorts of literary marvels.
I spent a large amount of money in there Ovid. I bought things at random without really paying attention to what they were: I just wanted them all, you know how it is. I saw this nice big slip cased edition of your poetry so, naturally, I thought I’d have that. When I took it to the cash register the woman behind the till was smirking at me. I had no idea why at the time. I thought she was laughing at the amount of books I bought not the book I bought.
This is where it gets really awkward Ovid. During the train journey back home my friend asked me what books I bought. So I innocently showed her. I got all my books out of my bag and we sat there looking at them. She opened my new explicitly illustrated copy of The Art of Love that showcased instructional images and poetry about the pleasures of oral sex. Our friendship has never been quite the same since. You could have warned me Ovid. I honestly thought we were pals.
I can’t put pictures in this letter, but you know the type they are: they are essentially pornography albeit that of a colourful and artistic variety. Just the sort of thing you like. They’re not the type you show your friends on a public train (if at all).
So thanks Ovid for making me look like a weird sex pest that day with my big book of poetry porn. Speaking of which, I found it quite bland. I’m sure it would be fun for those who have little imagination.
All the best from your extremely embarrassed former friend,
Sean
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| Original Title: | Ars amatoria |
| ISBN: | 0375761179 (ISBN13: 9780375761171) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 4608 Users | 296 ReviewsCritique Epithetical Books The Art of Love
Have only three words to say about this book -Sensual, Sensuous and Sensible! ❤Ars amatoria is a colorful and witty three-part book about how to seduce 'em and how to keep 'em for both men and women, written more than 2000 years ago.Here are some of his instructions: :-) Cultivate your thoughts with noble arts and learn two languages.Ulysses wasn't handsome but he was eloquent...look presentable,trim hairs from nostrils...don't forget her birthday! :-)Ovid was later banished from Rome but his work remaines timeless.
Short, sparkling, witty and sexy, this is a tongue-in-cheek comedy of the sexes dressed up as a how-to guide. It's best enjoyed on a hot afternoon, lounging somewhere comfortable with a fizzy cocktail in your other hand. Ovid is great company a man of the world, funny and quotable and just the right side of disreputable. He takes the would-be lover through the whole process of finding, winning, and keeping a partner, covering such crucial areas as the perfect level of drunkenness, the
This slender volume is perhaps the wittiest, most sophisticated, outrageously amusing instructional handbook of all time. It is a parody of a didactic treatise, a three book exposition on how to play the game of love and come out a winner. Ovid is a literary provocateur, a skillful subversive whose ironic gamesmanship never lets up. Similes comparing women at Roman theaters to swarming ants or bees turn Vergil's Aeneid (along with the Roman values it celebrates) upside down, and the tale of
I like this better than pornography.
Ovidius was a wicked poet. One can picture him giving you a wink after reading the title: the Art of Love, Ars amatoria, el Arte de Amar. It is quite a statement to write a book with such a title. Ovidius knows what that implies. Sounds ambitious, but he doesn't take himself too serious. Ovidius fills his Art of Love with comedy and lots of irony. This is not "love" as the Platonic ideal, this is love at its sexiest, a bit nasty, a bit shallow. Love as war. Ovidius compares man and women to
'Should anyone here not know the art of love,read this, and learn by reading how to love.'Well, I could use the advice.Part I - general advice- you have to actively look for your love, but she could be just about anywhere, the streets, the theater ('They come to see, they come to be seen as well: the place is fatal to chaste modesty') or especially the races, where you can sneak some free contact in the tight crowds!- then you have to win her, and 'every one of them can be won'. But beware! A
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