| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-255) and index. |
| Summary |
Through an exploration of forty figures in European culture, the author argues that the Mediterranean, classical and contemporary, was the central theme in homoerotic writing and art from the 1750s to the 1950s. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Mediterranean obsession -- 1. Sex and Society in the European Mediterranean: Greek, Roman and Renaissance -- 2. Winckelmann and Platen -- 3. Englishmen in Southern Europe -- 4. Following in the Footsteps -- 5. Mediterranean Men in Art and Photography -- 6. Social and Historical Context -- 7. Contemporary Echoes -- Conclusion: The Birth and Near Death of a Gay Myth. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
European literature -- History and criticism.
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European literature. |
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Homosexuality in literature.
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Homosexuality in literature. |
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Mediterranean Region -- In literature.
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Literature, Modern -- history. |
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Art -- history. |
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Mediterranean Region in literature. |
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Mediterranean Region. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Aldrich, Robert, 1954- Seduction of the Mediterranean. London ; New York : Routledge, 1993 (DLC) 92040812 (OCoLC)27109280 |
| ISBN |
0203160053 (electronic book) |
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9780203160053 (electronic book) |
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0203160088 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780203160084 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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1280327499 |
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9781280327490 |
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9780415093125 (paperback) |
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0415093120 (paperback) |
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041503227X (Cloth) |
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0415093120 (Paper) |
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0203304705 (OEB Format) |
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041503277X |
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9780415032278 |
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