Eros the bittersweet : an essay / Anne Carson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carson, Anne, author.

Contributor:

Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.), issuing body.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Eros (Greek deity).

Eros.

Eros (Greek deity)--In literature.

Love.

Love in literature.

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 189 pages)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [1986]

Language Note:

Contains some passages in Greek, with accompanying English translations.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The insights presented in the volume are many and wide-ranging, recognizably in tune with the subtlest modern discussions of desire (such as triangulation. or loving what others love), yet offering new solutions to old problems, like the proper interpretation of Plato's Phaedrus. On the frequently discussed effect of literacy on Greek civilization, the book offers a fresh view: it was no accident that the poets who invented Eros were also the first readers and writers of the Western literate tradition.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Bittersweet

Gone

Ruse

Tactics

The Reach

Finding the Edge

Logic at the Edge

Losing the Edge

Archilochos at the Edge

Alphabetic Edge

What Does the Lover Wantjrom Love?

Symbolon

A Novel Sense

Something Paradoxical

My Page Makes Love

Letters, Letters

Folded Meanings

Bellerophon Is Quite Wrong After All

Realist

Ice-pleasure

Now Then

Erotikos Logos

Damage to the Living

Midas

Cicadas

Gardening for Fun and Profit

Something Serious Is Missing

Takeover

Read Me the Bit Again

Then Ends Where Now Begins

What a Difference a Wing Makes

What Is This Dialogue About

Mythoplokos

Bibliography

Index of Passages Discussed

General Index.

Notes:

"Published for the Center for Hellenic Studies."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and indexes.

Online resource; title from e-book title screen (JSTOR platform, viewed September 16, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version: Carson, Anne, 1950- Eros the bittersweet.

ISBN:

9780691247939

0691247935

9780691602851

0691602859

9780691632308

0691632308

9780691014494

0691014493

9781400857951

1400857953

OCLC:

889251154