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Beschreibung
For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world has either been ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few narratives are widely known: the wild romance of Achilles and Patroclus; the yearning love of Sappho's lyrics; and the three genders introduced in Plato's Symposium. Yet there is a rich literary tradition of queer Greek and Roman love that extends far beyond the prudish translations of these familiar handful of stories.
In 300,000 Kisses, award-winning poet Seán Hewitt and renowned designer Luke Edward Hall collect these stories--including some of the most beautiful and moving in the classical canon--and bring them to vivid life. Alongside celebrated works by Homer, Sappho, Ovid and Catullus, they include a wide range of rarely anthologized sources: raunchy poems, thoughtful dialogues, philosophical treatises, and even a graffiti text salvaged from the ruins of Pompeii.
Through Hewitt's contemporary translations and Hall's vibrant illustrations, we encounter relationships that are by turns heartfelt and nourishing, unrequited and lustful, toxic and crude, tender and fulfilling. A groundbreaking anthology that seeks to change the way we see the ancient world, 300,000 Kisses is a fascinating journey through love in all its forms.
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I don't know, love. I liked it more than I didn't, that's for sure! :D Some reviews objected to the exclusively queer reading of the supposedly quite varied kinds of love between men known in the ancient world. I don't really mind that, let us have this, ffs. I am not the biiiiggest fan of how the paiderastía discourse was phrased by Hewitt, but in general the texts were opened up to being read infavourably. The illustrations are very pretty, if not necessarily realigning gravity in the way great art does. I also had a knack at the audio, which struggled a bit to clearly mark what was introductory text and what was the translated ancient text. Maybe that was because those translations were quite modern in language? Some texts I didn't care for, but some, oh they were GLORIOUS. CNs for physical violence, death, rape
Beschreibung
For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world has either been ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few narratives are widely known: the wild romance of Achilles and Patroclus; the yearning love of Sappho's lyrics; and the three genders introduced in Plato's Symposium. Yet there is a rich literary tradition of queer Greek and Roman love that extends far beyond the prudish translations of these familiar handful of stories.
In 300,000 Kisses, award-winning poet Seán Hewitt and renowned designer Luke Edward Hall collect these stories--including some of the most beautiful and moving in the classical canon--and bring them to vivid life. Alongside celebrated works by Homer, Sappho, Ovid and Catullus, they include a wide range of rarely anthologized sources: raunchy poems, thoughtful dialogues, philosophical treatises, and even a graffiti text salvaged from the ruins of Pompeii.
Through Hewitt's contemporary translations and Hall's vibrant illustrations, we encounter relationships that are by turns heartfelt and nourishing, unrequited and lustful, toxic and crude, tender and fulfilling. A groundbreaking anthology that seeks to change the way we see the ancient world, 300,000 Kisses is a fascinating journey through love in all its forms.
Buchinformationen
Beiträge
I don't know, love. I liked it more than I didn't, that's for sure! :D Some reviews objected to the exclusively queer reading of the supposedly quite varied kinds of love between men known in the ancient world. I don't really mind that, let us have this, ffs. I am not the biiiiggest fan of how the paiderastía discourse was phrased by Hewitt, but in general the texts were opened up to being read infavourably. The illustrations are very pretty, if not necessarily realigning gravity in the way great art does. I also had a knack at the audio, which struggled a bit to clearly mark what was introductory text and what was the translated ancient text. Maybe that was because those translations were quite modern in language? Some texts I didn't care for, but some, oh they were GLORIOUS. CNs for physical violence, death, rape