Eros the Bittersweet : : An Essay / / Anne Carson.

• VerfasserIn: Carson, Anne,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by the Modern LibraryAnne Carson’s remarkable first book about the paradoxical nature of romantic loveSince 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.”

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- EROS THE BITTERSWEET -- 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 -- Bel1erophon Is Quite Wrong After A11 -- 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