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Eros the Bittersweet

Eros the Bittersweet

Paperback

Series: Dalkey Archive Essentials

PhilosophyLiterary CriticismGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $15.95

ISBN10: 1628973862
ISBN13: 9781628973860
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: Aug 9 2022
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time

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.

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