For nineteenth-century thinkers in Germany and Britain, who looked to Greece as the acme of past civilization, the Greeks' enjoyment of pederasty presenteda problem. Daniel Orrells's study explores the way in which this awkward issue was negotiated. INDICE: Introduction; 1: Paiderastia and the Contexts of German Historicism; 2: Translating the Love of Philosophy: Jowett and Pater on Plato; 3: The Bewildering Case of John Addington Symonds; 4: Trying Greek Love: Oscar Wilde and E. M. Forster's Maurice; 5: Freud and the History of Masculinity: Between Oedipus and Narcissus; Conclusion: The Truth of Eros and the Eros for Truth
- ISBN: 978-0-19-923644-2
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 312
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés