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Ovid's Toyshop of the Heart: Epistulae Heroidum
By (Author) Florence Verducci
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
23rd September 2014
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Literary studies: poetry and poets
871.01
Paperback
322
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
454g
Florence Verducci challenges the presuppositions and expectations that have led to embarrassed censure of the wit and comic irreverence that Ovid wove into these dramatic monologues, addressed by his heroines to absent lovers. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make avail