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Author Reeser, Todd W., 1967- author.

Title Setting Plato straight : translating ancient sexuality in the Renaissance / Todd W. Reeser
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2016

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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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Plato -- Translations -- History and criticism
Plato -- Themes, motives
Plato
Homosexuality in literature.
Eroticism in literature.
Greek literature -- Europe -- Translations -- History and criticism
Translating and interpreting -- Europe -- History
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY/Greek (Modern)
Eroticism in literature
Homosexuality in literature
Themes, motives
Translating and interpreting
Translations
Seksualiteit.
Oudheid.
Översättningar -- historia.
Homosexualitet i litteraturen.
Grekisk litteratur -- historia.
Europe
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780226307145
022630714X