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Setting Plato straight

by Todd W. Reeser

Translating and interpretingHistory and criticismTranslationsEroticism in literatureGreek literatureThemes, motivesHomosexuality in literatureHistory

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.

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Book data: Open Library