{"product_id":"9780906515457","title":"Ovid: Amores I","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLatin Texts\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eOvid: Amores I\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOvid | John Barsby\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeign Language Study \/ Latin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis edition of the first book of Ovid's \"Amores\" was first published in 1973 by OUP. It has been kept in print by BCP because it remains an outstandlingly useful volume. It was one of two editions (the other being Gordon Williams' \u003ci\u003eHorace 'Odes' III\u003c\/i\u003e) in which OUP pioneered a new kind of continuous running commentary particularly suited to short poems, one 'likely to be more illuminating than a series of disconnected notes on isolated problems, which may contribute little to the total understanding of the poem as the poet conceived it'. This approach was intended to promote in sixth-formers and undergraduates not just an understanding of the Latin but a critical appreciation of literary quality. In this aim, the edition has been a continued success.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJohn Barsby\u003c\/b\u003e was Chair of Classics, University of Otago, New Zealand.  He is author of\u003ci\u003e Plautus:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBacchides\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Terence:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Eunuch, Phormio, The Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), and editor of \u003ci\u003eGreek and Roman Drama: Translation and Performance \u003c\/i\u003e(2002).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 June 1991\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBristol Classical Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780906515457\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9.44\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223561207948,"sku":"9780906515457","price":33.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780906515457","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}