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1 online resource : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Solving the problem with Plato -- The antitheses of same-sex sexuality in Bruni -- Ficino and the theory of purging same-sex sexuality -- Ficino and the practice of purging same-sex sexuality -- Importing Ficino: gender balance in Champier -- Seducing Socrates: the Silenus in Erasmus and Rabelais -- The gates of Germania: space, place, and sexuality in Cornarius -- Fractured men: feminism and neoplatonism in mid-sixteenth-century France -- Orientations: female-female and male-male eros in dialogue -- Reading sexuality skeptically in Montaigne -- Conclusion: bending Plato. |
| Summary |
In 'Setting Plato Straight', Todd W. Reeser undertakes the first sustained and comprehensive study of Renaissance textual responses to Platonic same-sex sexuality. Reeser mines an expansive collection of translations, commentaries, and literary sources to study how Renaissance translators transformed ancient eros into non-erotic, non-homosexual relations. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plato -- Translations -- History and criticism.
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Plato. |
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Translations. |
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Plato -- Themes, motives.
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Themes, motives. |
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Homosexuality in literature.
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Homosexuality in literature. |
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Eroticism in literature.
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Eroticism in literature. |
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Greek literature -- Europe -- Translations -- History and criticism.
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Greek literature. |
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Europe. |
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Translating and interpreting -- Europe -- History.
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Translating and interpreting. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reeser, Todd W., 1967- Setting Plato straight 9780226307008 (DLC) 2015019947 (OCoLC)907196250 |
| ISBN |
9780226307145 (electronic book) |
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022630714X (electronic book) |
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9780226307008 |
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022630700X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
40025629950 |
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