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Eros the bittersweet an essay

Since it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson's lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek literature and philosophy, has established itself as a favorite among an unusually broad audience, including classicists, essayists, poets, and general readers. Beginning with the poet Sapph...

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Main Author: Carson, Anne, 1950- (Author)
Corporate Author: Center for Hellenic Studies (Washington, D.C.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1986]
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
Eros > (Greek deity)
Love.
Essays.
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Summary:Since it was first published, Eros the Bittersweet, Anne Carson's lyrical meditation on love in ancient Greek literature and philosophy, has established itself as a favorite among an unusually broad audience, including classicists, essayists, poets, and general readers. Beginning with the poet Sappho's invention of the word "bittersweet" to describe Eros, Carson's original and beautifully written book is a wide-ranging reflection on the conflicted nature of romantic love, which is both "miserable" and "one of the greatest pleasures we have."
Item Description:"Published for the Center for Hellenic Studies."
Physical Description:xii, 189 pages ; 23 cm.
Production Credits:Published for the Center for Hellenic Studies.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-182) and indexes.
ISBN:0691066817
9780691066813
0691602859
9780691602851
9780691247939
0691247935
Author Notes:Anne Carson was born December 16, 1950. Carson is a poet, an essayist, and a classicist. She is the director of the graduate program in Classics at McGill University, where she also teaches Latin and Greek.

Carson is perhaps besst know for Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse, which won the 1998 QSPELL Prize for Poetry. Carson recently won the 2001 Griffin Poetry Prize for Men in the Off Hours. Carson also won the T.S. Eliot poetry prize for The Beauty of the Husband, the first woman to win the award in its nine-year history. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1998 and received a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship in 2000. Carson is the author of seven books.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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