{"product_id":"the-amores-or-amours-large-print","title":"Amori — Caratteri grandi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCupid rides in triumph, and a poet walks behind him in chains: love in Rome is no quiet devotion.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Amores; or, Amours, Ovid follows a young lover through desire, quarrels, deception and pleas for pardon. At the centre stands Corinna, a woman whose name, hair and moods we glimpse without learning who she is. The lover pursues her, flirts with others and resents his rivals. His longing comes tangled with vanity, jealousy and a sharp sense of his own absurdity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these short love elegies, Ovid turns Roman dinners, races and doorsteps into scenes of pursuit and secrecy. Cupid appears as a conquering general, with the poet his captive. Alongside the affairs runs another desire: the wish for lasting fame through verse. These poems play with the rules of love poetry rather than offer solemn declarations of devotion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove as a triumph\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Cupid in his chariot, turning the poet's surrender into a scene of public conquest.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCorinna at the centre\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow a pursuit shaped by secrecy, shifting moods, quarrels and the desire for pardon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRome in quick scenes\u003c\/strong\u003e – Step among dinners, races, doorsteps and jealous husbands as private desire meets daily life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA lover worth questioning\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch charm rub against vanity, unfairness and betrayal in a lover who also mocks himself.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe hunger to last\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover how Ovid sets the pursuit of love beside the pursuit of poetic fame.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy playful, sensual, clever poetry or want glimpses of Roman daily life and love poetry's roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and meet a lover whose wit is as restless as his desire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534631633244,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/03305_en_ebook-front_c13_b5060d26-f2c0-48ad-9d24-db89e465da9b.jpg?v=1792174982","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/it\/products\/amori-caratteri-grandi","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}