by Paul Veyne · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782020621717
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«L'élégie érotique romaine : L'amour, la poésie et l'Occident», an essay by Paul Veyne published by Points in paperback.
Paul Veyne studies how Roman erotic elegies were read and received and why they seem strange today: heroines such as Lesbia or Corina coexist with conventional mythological passages. The author proposes understanding them as a 'pastoral in city dress' in which being in love is feigned with irony and humor.
The work was originally published in 1983; this French-language edition of 2003 is part of the Points Essais collection.
Intended for those interested in classical studies, Latin poetry, and the history of literature.
Paul Veyne was a French historian and a specialist of Ancient Rome. A student of the prestigious École Normale Supérieure in Paris and member of the École française de Rome in the Palazzo Farnese (1955–1957), he was honorary professor at the Collège de France.
