Latin Love Lessons - Put a Little Ovid in Your Life

Informationen zum Autor Charlotte Higgins read classics at Balliol College, Oxford. She has worked for the Guardian newspaper for over a decade in various guises, from 2001 as classical music editor and from 2008 as chief arts writer. She began her career in journalism at Vogue . She is also the author of Latin Love Lessons . She lives in London. Klappentext It wasn't just heated floors, hot baths, aqueducts, and paved roads that the Romans did first and best—they were also experts at the art of love. From the most effective pickup lines to percipient advice on getting over a breakup, from grooming tips to sex tips, the Romans had time-proof solutions. Charlotte Higgins brings them together in this indispensable guide to love—a collection of the richest, most illuminating, and sensuous writing about this mysterious emotion that can move us to joy or despair. Filled with the sage advice of Catullus, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Propertius, and Tibullus, this witty, smart, and laugh-out-loud-funny handbook offers a fresh, new take on romance based on some of civilization's oldest adages. Zusammenfassung It wasn't just heated floors, hot baths, aqueducts, and paved roads that the Romans did first and best—they were also experts at the art of love. From the most effective pickup lines to percipient advice on getting over a breakup, from grooming tips to sex tips, the Romans had time-proof solutions. Charlotte Higgins brings them together in this indispensable guide to love—a collection of the richest, most illuminating, and sensuous writing about this mysterious emotion that can move us to joy or despair. Filled with the sage advice of Catullus, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Propertius, and Tibullus, this witty, smart, and laugh-out-loud-funny handbook offers a fresh, new take on romance based on some of civilization's oldest adages.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Higgins
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2009
• EAN: 9780061547423
• ISBN: 978-0-06-154742-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 180 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; Poetry, SCIENCE / History, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Love & Romance, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Dysfunctional Families, Humour, HUMOR / Topic / Men, Women & Relationships, History of Science, Ancient World, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Parenting: advice and issues, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Contains explicit or offensive material or content, European history: the Romans, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Love & Romance, HISTORY: Ancient / General, HISTORY: Ancient / Rome, HUMOR: Topic / Relationships