Alastair J. L. Blanshard

Sex

Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity

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Produktbeschreibung

Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity examines the impact that sexual fantasies about the classical world have had on modern Western culture.

Offers a wealth of information on sex in the Greek and Roman world
Correlates the study of classical sexuality with modern Western cultures
Identifies key influential themes in the evolution of erotic discourse from antiquity to modernity
Presents a serious and thought-provoking topic with great accessibility

Produktdetails

• Classical Receptions
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9781119025481
• ISBN-10: 1119025486
• Artikelnr.: 41974674

Autorenporträt

Alastair J. L. Blanshard is a senior lecturer in Classics & Ancient History at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Hercules: A Heroic Life (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Part I Roman Vice 1 1 Introduction 3 2
Naked Bodies 7 An Introduction (less than successful) to the Naked Body 7
The Naked Body in Greece 14 Naked Romans 21 The Love of Art and the Art of
Love 28 3 Obscene Texts 34 Illustrating the Unspeakable 34 Talking Dirty 40
4 Erotic Rites 48 The Myth of the Orgy 48 Locating the Erotic in Roman
Religion 55 5 Imperial Biography 65 The Private Lives of the Caesars 65
Explaining Roman Gossip Culture 79 Part II Greek Love 89 6 Introduction 91
What is 'Greek Love'? Scenes from a Courtroom I 92 7 Greece 97 The Loves of
Hellas 97 The Platonic Vision 99 8 Rome and the West 109 Greece under Rome
and Rome under Greece 109 Greek Love Burns Briefly, but Brightly 119 9
Renaissance and Enlightenment 124 Giving Birth in the Beautiful 124 The
Pursuit of Love 135 10 Nineteenth Century and Beyond 143 Greek Love
Triumphant 143 Sapphic Love 149 A Mixed Legacy: Greek Love in the Twentieth
and Twenty-First Centuries 159 11 Epilogue 164 Scenes from a Courtroom II
164 Notes and Further Reading 166 Bibliography 190 Index 205