Eros the Bittersweet

Eros the Bittersweet - Paperback

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Eros the Bittersweet - Paperback

Eros the Bittersweet - Paperback

by Anne Carson
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Book Overview

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.
ISBN9781628973860
Author Anne Carson
PublisherDalkey Archive Press
GenreHistory, Literature, and Philosophy
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2022
LanguageENG- English
Pages190
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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History Literary Criticism Nonfiction Philosophy

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About Anne Carson

Anne Carson was born in Canada and now lives partly in Iceland. She is an acclaimed poet, essayist, translator, and classicist, and has won numerous awards, including a MacArthur, the PEN/Nabokov Award, the T. S. Eliot Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her books Autobiography of Red and Nox were both finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry.

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