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THE SEDUCTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN Writing, Art and the Homosexual Fantasy by Aldrich, Robert
First Edition
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Book description: Routledge. Good. 1993. First Edition. Softcover. 0415093120 . Light edgewear, a little moreso to corners, some corner curling, scuffing to cover. Internal pages are tight, however numerous pages have markings in pencil. "In this original and well-researched study, Aldrich shows that a recurring motif in the literature and art of homosexuals from the 1750s to the 1950s was that of the Mediterranean, which was mythologized as a place where the homoerotic ideal of masculine beauty and virility could be fulfilled. The idea is exemplified in Thomas Mann's Death in Venice and in the works of over 40 writers examined here, from the German art historian Windelmann to Lord Byron and E. M. Forster, and many artists and photographers....." [503] ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 259 pages .
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