Eros the Bittersweet : An Essay / Anne Carson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carson, Anne, Author.

Series:

Princeton Classics.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

Revised.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic loveSince it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson’s lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek literature and philosophy, has established itself as a favorite among an unusually broad audience, including classicists, essayists, poets, and general readers. Beginning with the poet Sappho’s invention of the word “bittersweet” to describe Eros, Carson’s original and beautifully written book is a wide-ranging reflection on the conflicted nature of romantic love, which is both “miserable” and “one of the greatest pleasures we have.”

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations

Preface

EROS THE BITTERSWEET

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 Want from Love!

Symbolon

A Novel Sense

Something Paradoxical

My Page Makes Love

Letters, Letters

Folded Meanings

Bel1erophon Is Quite Wrong After A11

Realist

Ice-pleasure

Now Then

Erotikos Logos

The Sidestep

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:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023)

ISBN:

0-691-24924-5