Dialogue and Deviance : Male-Male Desire in the Dialogue Genre (Plato to the Middle Ages, Plato to the Enlightenment, Plato to the Postmodern).
Title:
Dialogue and Deviance : Male-Male Desire in the Dialogue Genre (Plato to the Middle Ages, Plato to the Enlightenment, Plato to the Postmodern).
Author:
Sturges, Robert S.
ISBN:
9781403978516
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (304 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Erotics of Friendship: From Plato's Lysis to Aelred of Rievaulx -- 2 Spiritual Erotics: From Plato's Symposium to Sade's La Philosophie dans le boudoir -- 3 Erotic Style: From Plato's Phaedrus to the Modern Novel -- Conclusion: Deviant Erotics from Plato to the Postmodern -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
This book traces the historical relationship between male-male desire and the dialogue genre from Plato to the present day. It provides a valuable historical perspective on current debates over the place of homosexuality in modern Western culture.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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