{"product_id":"erotica-romana","title":"Římské elegie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if Rome’s ancient marble leads you not away from desire, but deeper into it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Erotica Romana, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe walks among Rome’s ruins and statues, then turns toward the warmth of a lover. This cycle of love poems, also known as Roman Elegies, binds the city to the beloved. Old stones invite study by day; evening brings a different kind of closeness. Art and bodily pleasure belong to the same world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoethe writes in elegiac couplets, the paired long and short lines used by Propertius, Tibullus and Ovid. The ancient form carries frank feeling: desire, the pleasure of lovers, and the body without shame. Images of marble, light and night return throughout the cycle, bringing lasting art into contact with the warmth of living flesh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRome and the beloved\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow poems in which the ancient city and the lover become inseparable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesire without shame\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a poet who speaks openly of bodily pleasure and the closeness of lovers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAncient lines, intimate feeling\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover how the elegiac couplet gives love poetry its swelling rise and closing fall.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarble, light and night\u003c\/strong\u003e – Trace returning images that bring ancient art and the warmth of desire together.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA rhythm to linger over\u003c\/strong\u003e – Read slowly, letting each longer line open before the shorter line draws it closed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love frank love poetry, classical forms, and Rome as a place of both mind and body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now, and step among Rome’s stones into Goethe’s world of love and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534579499356,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/01886_en_ebook-front_c29.jpg?v=1792174915","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/cs\/products\/erotica-romana","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}