Eros the Bittersweet
$31.03
- Paperback
190 pages
- Release Date
22 September 2022
Summary
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 Sp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781628973860 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1628973862 |
| Author: | Anne Carson |
| Publisher: | Dalkey Archive |
| Imprint: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 190 |
| Release Date: | 22 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 314g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 215mm x 149mm |
| Series: | Dalkey Archive Essentials |
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“Anne Carson is a rare talent, brilliant and full of wit, passionate and also deeply moving.“—Michael Ondaatje”What we learn from Eros the Bittersweet while being spun alive by its brilliance is that its author is a philosopher of much cunning and an agile reader, a scholar with a mind as fresh as a spring meadow, no dust anywhere on her.“—Guy Davenport
About The Author
Anne Carson
Anne Carson was born in Canada and teaches ancient Greek for a living. Her awards and honors include the Lannan Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Trust Award for Excellence in Poetry, a Guggenheim fellowship, and the MacArthur “Genius” Award.
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