Books by Ovid
“This is the first known seduction manual. It was published around 1 or 2 AD. It consists of three books—two for men and one for women—about where to find women and how to win them over, and similarly how to find and keep men. It’s comforting to know that people have had the same concerns for millennia.” Read more...
Mia Levitin, Journalist
“These are stories of humans caught in extremis—in extreme emotion and extreme situations—and stories of the gods interacting with them, whereby the humans get turned into something else.” Read more...
Robert S Miola on Shakespeare’s Sources
Robert S Miola, Classicist
Interviews where books by Ovid were recommended
Robert S Miola on Shakespeare’s Sources
William Shakespeare has a strong claim to be the most influential writer of all time. But whose works influenced him? And how? Robert S Miola discusses the breadth of Shakespeare’s reading, the vexed question of how we can reconstruct what he read, and the staggeringly innovative ways that Shakespeare shaped his sources
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Ars Amatoria, or The Art of Love
by Ovid, translated by Rolfe Humphries -
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From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century America
by Beth L. Bailey -
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Dataclysm: Love, Sex, Race, and Identity — What Our Online Lives Tell Us about Our Offline Selves
by Christian Rudder -
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Modern Romance: An Investigation
by Aziz Ansari -
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The Curious History of Dating: From Jane Austen to Tinder
by Nichi Hodgson
The best books on Dating, recommended by Mia Levitin
The best books on Dating, recommended by Mia Levitin
“Love,” wrote Ovid, “is no assignment for cowards.” Cultural critic Mia Levitin talks us through the history of seduction from the Classical era, through ballroom dancing, calling cards and into the present age of swiping on our mobile phones. Here she recommends five of the best books for those braving the modern dating scene.
