Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay

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The insights presented in the volume are many and wide-ranging, recognizably in tune with the subtlest modern discussions of desire (such as triangulation. or loving what others love), yet offering new solutions to old problems, like the proper interpretation of Plato's Phaedrus. On the frequently discussed effect of literacy on Greek civilization, the book offers a fresh view: it was no accident that the poets who invented Eros were also the first readers and writers of the Western literate tradition. Originally published in 1986. ThePrinceton Legacy Libraryuses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Frontmatter......Page 3 Contents......Page 7 Bittersweet......Page 17 Gone......Page 24 Ruse......Page 26 Tactics......Page 32 The Reach......Page 40 Finding the Edge......Page 44 Logic at the Edge......Page 46 Losing the Edge......Page 53 Archilochos at the Edge......Page 60 Alphabetic Edge......Page 67 What Does the Lover Want from Love?......Page 76 Symbolon......Page 84 A Novel Sense......Page 91 Something Paradoxical......Page 97 My Page Makes Love......Page 100 Letters, Letters......Page 105 Folded Meanings......Page 112 Bellerophon Is Quite Wrong After All......Page 116 Realist......Page 122 Ice-pleasure......Page 125 Now Then......Page 131 Erotikos Logos......Page 137 Damage to the Living......Page 144 Midas......Page 148 Cicadas......Page 152 Gardening for Fun and Profit......Page 155 Something Serious Is Missing......Page 159 Takeover......Page 161 Read Me the Bit Again......Page 165 Then Ends Where Now Begins......Page 168 What a Difference a Wing Makes......Page 173 What Is This Dialogue About......Page 179 Mythoplokos......Page 182 Bibliography......Page 189 Index of Passages Discussed......Page 197 General Index......Page 200 Sammelmappe7.pdf......Page 0 619g73Ca9yL......Page 1 content......Page 2