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  1. Eros the bittersweet
    Author: Carson, Anne
    Published: [2022]
    Publisher:  Dalkey Archive Press, Dallas

    "A book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with, "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love... more

    Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Bibliothek
    18.10.16 2022
    No loan of volumes, only paper copies will be sent

     

    "A book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with, "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love disputes her," Carson examines her subject from numerous points of view, creating a lyrical meditation in the tradition of William Carlos Williams's Spring and All and William H. Gass's On Being Blue. Epigrammatic, witty, ironic, and endlessly entertaining, Eros is an utterly original book"--

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Newman, Sandra (VerfasserIn einer Einleitung)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781628973860
    Series: Dalkey essentials
    Subjects: Love
    Other subjects: Eros (Greek deity)
    Scope: xx, 209 Seiten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index