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Eros the Bittersweet - Carson, Anne, and Newman, Sandra (Introduction by)
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"A book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with, "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love disputes her," Carson examines her subject from numerous points of view, creating a lyrical meditation in the tradition of William Carlos Williams's Spring and All and William H. Gass's On Being Blue. Epigrammatic, witty, ironic, and endlessly entertaining, Eros is an utterly ...

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Eros the Bittersweet 2022, Dalkey Archive Press

ISBN-13: 9781628973860

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Eros the Bittersweet 1998, Dalkey Archive Press, New York

ISBN-13: 9781564781888

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