Ovids Schule der "elegischen" Liebe

Just suppose someone wanted to teach the kind of love practiced in Latin love elegy. How would he do it? What difference does it make for 'elegiac love' if it becomes the subject matter of a do-it-yourself handbook? This is the leading question I've explored in this book, following the course step by step and analyzing the 'pedagogy' of Ovid, the Master of Love. Some readers might enjoy thinking about the logic of love by itself. For others, the book might provide something like a running commentary to a text the enjoy exploring. And if you are interested in the mechanics of literary devices, you can find here an in-depth discussion of a striking example of generic transformation, a transformation that would seem paradoxical or outright impossible: the metamorphosis of unhappy, always frustrated 'elegiac' love into the successful erotic practice of the Artists of Love. (The Author)

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