Setting Plato Straight
Author | : Todd W. Reeser |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226307008 |
ISBN-13 | : 022630700X |
Rating | : 4/5 (00X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Setting Plato Straight by : Todd W. Reeser
Download or read book Setting Plato Straight written by Todd W. Reeser and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.