{"product_id":"manual-of-classical-erotology-de-figuris-veneris","title":"Manual de erotologie clasică","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when ancient writers speak plainly about love and sexual practice?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Manual of Classical Erotology (De Figuris Veneris), Greek and Roman poets, satirists and epigrammatists speak plainly about desire, sometimes with humor. Love and sexual practice become subjects for close study rather than silence. Their frankness offers a glimpse of how ancient literature treats desire as an ordinary part of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1824, this collection also opens a window onto the habits of early nineteenth-century scholarship. Friedrich Karl Forberg does not offer a love manual of his own. His work places frank material within an academic setting, where the language of scholars both permits discussion and limits who can join it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAncient voices without reserve\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Greek and Roman writers who treat desire as an ordinary part of life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoetry, satire and epigrams\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore passages where love becomes material for verse, pointed observation and jokes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA scholar's classical world\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore how early nineteenth-century scholarship approaches ancient literature and its frank treatment of desire.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLatin as a veil\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider how scholarly language makes frank discussion possible while keeping its audience small.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAt respectability's edge\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover a collection whose subject gives it an unusual place among classical studies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers curious about classical literature, the history of scholarship and past approaches to taboo subjects, who welcome frank material and close study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and meet the ancient writers through Forberg's candid scholarly lens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534660239708,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/00227_en_ebook-front_c20.jpg?v=1792175019","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/ro\/products\/manual-of-classical-erotology-de-figuris-veneris","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}