内容简介
Inthefirstcenturya.d.,Ovid,authorofthegroundbreakingepicpoemMetamorphoses,cameunderseverecriticismforTheArtofLove,whichplayfullyinstructedwomenintheartofseductionandmenintheskillsessentialformasteringtheartofromanticconquest.Inthisremarkabletranslation,JamesMichiebreathesnewlifeintothenotoriousRoman’smock-didacticelegy.Inlyrical,irreverentEnglish,herevealslove’stimelessdilemmasandOvid’senduringbrillianceasbothpoetandculturalcritic.
作者简介
JamesMichiestudiedclassicsatTrinityCollege,Oxford.HisothertranslationsincludeHorace’sOdesandMartial’sEpigrams(bothavailableasModernLibraryPaperbackClassics).HisCollectedPoemswasawardedtheHawthorndenPrize.DavidMaloufistheauthoroffourteenbooks,includingAnImaginaryLifeandtheinternationalbestsellerTheGreatWorld.HisworkhasbeenawardedtheCommonwealthWritersPrize,amongotheraccolades.HelivesinTuscanyandAustralia.,,,,