Ovidius, Doctor Amoris: The Changing Attitudes Towards Ovid's Eroticism in the Middle Ages as Seen in the Three Old French Adaptations of the Remedia Amoris
1982; University of Toronto Press; Volume: 4; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3138/flor.4.008
ISSN2369-7180
Autores Tópico(s)French Literature and Criticism
ResumoOvid composed the Remedia Amoris with the stated intention of curing the lovesickness which he had produced in some readers of his earlier work, the Ars Amatoria. Many of the remedies which he prescribed — hunting, study, travel, farming — turn the lover's attention from his lady. Other remedies which involve love itself as the cure are not essentially different from the causes of the illness — for example, he advised the lovesick to indulge in the amorous act to such an extent that they become physically exhausted and, therefore, are incapable of loving.
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