Eros the Bittersweet (Dalkey Archive Essentials). This item is unavailable.
Language: English
Published by Dalkey Archive Press, 2022
- Softcover
- Used
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 8.62
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All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media.
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- Title
- Eros the Bittersweet (Dalkey Archive Essentials)
- Author
- Carson, Anne
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1628973862
- ISBN 13
- 9781628973860
- Series
- Book 29 of 89: Princeton Legacy Library
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.
Epigrammatic, witty, ironic, and endlessly entertaining, Eros is an utterly original book.
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About the Author
Sandra Newman is the author of five novels, including The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done, The Country of Ice Cream Star, and The Heavens, along with a memoir and a guide to Western literature.
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