The sexy, witty and often bizarre novels, poetry and dialogues of the first centuries of this era (works such as Longus' Daphnis and Chloe, Achilles Tatius' Leukippe and Cleitophon and Plutarch's Amatorius) were being composed at the same time as fundamental ideas about the body, gender and sexuality were being set in place with the rise of Christianity and the Church to dominate the pagan world. Modern writers on the history of sexuality have largely ignored this literature in favour of prose treatises, philosophy and Christian homilies. Simon Goldhill, writing with the same wit and verve as the ancient writers with whom he engages, sets out to put these texts back into the history of sexuality. The result is a dazzling celebration of sex and sexuality in the Greek literature of the first centuries CE.
| ISBN: | 9780521479349 |
| Publication date: | 26th January 1995 |
| Author: | Simon University of Cambridge Goldhill |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 212 pages |
| Series: | The W. B. Stanford Memorial Lectures |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |
The sexy, witty and often bizarre novels, poetry and dialogues of the first centuries of this era (works such as Longus' Daphnis and Chloe, Achilles Tatius' Leukippe and Cleitophon and Plutarch's Amatorius) were being composed at the same time as fundamental ideas about the body, gender and sexuality were being set in place with the rise of Christianity and the Church to dominate the pagan world. Modern writers on the history of sexuality have largely ignored this literature in favour of prose treatises, philosophy and Christian homilies. Simon Goldhill, writing with the same wit and verve as the ancient writers with whom he engages, sets out to put these texts back into the history of sexuality. The result is a dazzling celebration of sex and sexuality in the Greek literature of the first centuries CE.
Foucault's Virginity features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
Foucault's Virginity is available in Paperback
Foucault's Virginity was written by Simon University of Cambridge Goldhill and published by Cambridge University Press
Foucault's Virginity has 212 pages
Yes it is part of The W. B. Stanford Memorial Lectures series
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