02913nam 2200649Ia 450 991081292710332120200520144314.01-134-87139-21-134-87140-61-280-32749-90-203-16005-310.4324/9780203160053 (CKB)1000000000255336(EBL)169131(OCoLC)275230944(SSID)ssj0000309141(PQKBManifestationID)11285184(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309141(PQKBWorkID)10267621(PQKB)10998757(MiAaPQ)EBC169131(Au-PeEL)EBL169131(CaPaEBR)ebr10060647(CaONFJC)MIL32749(OCoLC)50875224(EXLCZ)99100000000025533619921026d1993 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe seduction of the Mediterranean writing, art and homosexual fantasy /Robert Aldrich1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19931 online resource (288 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-09312-0 0-415-03227-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; INTRODUCTION: The Mediterranean obsession; SEX AND SOCIETY IN THE EUROPEAN MEDITERRANEAN: Greek, Roman and Renaissance; WINCKELMANN AND PLATEN; ENGLISHMEN IN SOUTHERN EUROPE; FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS; MEDITERRANEAN MEN IN ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY; THE SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT; CONTEMPORARY ECHOES; CONCLUSION: The birth and near death of a gay myth; Bibliographical Essay; Notes; IndexThrough an explanation of forty figures in European culture, ^The Seduction of the Mediterranean argues that the Mediterranean, classical and contemporary, was the central theme in homoerotic writing and art from the 1750's to the 1950's. Episodes of exile, murder, drug-taking, wild homosexual orgies and court cases are woven into an original study of a significant theme in European culture. The myth of a homoerotic Mediterranean made a major contribution to general attitudes towards Antiquity, the Renaissance and modern Italy and Greece.European literatureHistory and criticismHomosexuality in literatureMediterranean RegionIn literatureEuropean literatureHistory and criticism.Homosexuality in literature.809.8809.93321822Aldrich Robert1954-1610762MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812927103321The seduction of the Mediterranean4202977UNINA