WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE
Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern Library
Anne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic love
Since 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.”
- 189 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Publisher
Princeton University PressYear
2023Print ISBN
9780691247939
9780691632308
eBook ISBN
9780691249247
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- 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
- Bellerophon Is Quite Wrong After All
- 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
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