Description
Blending classical scholarship with poetic insight, this groundbreaking study traces the ancient Greek conception of eros as a force that is simultaneously pleasurable and painful, compelling and disruptive. Through readings of Sappho, lyric poetry, prose, philosophy, and other classical texts, it explores how desire creates distance between self and other while shaping our experience of time, language, metaphor, and imagination. Eros emerges not simply as romantic love, but as a vital tension that gives human life its intensity, creativity, and meaning. Both intellectually rigorous and stylistically distinctive, the book established the foundations for ideas about desire that would resonate throughout the author’s later work.
Available Editions
paperback
Princeton University Press
Published Jan 1, 2023
ISBN: 9780691250625
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Details
First Published
1986
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson.