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Dialogue and Deviance

Male-Male Desire in the Dialogue Genre (Plato to Aelred, Plato to Sade, Plato to the Postmodern)

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  1. Robert S. Sturges
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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Robert S. Sturges
    Pages 1-12

  3. Erotics of Friendship: From Plato’s Lysis to Aelred of Rievaulx

    • Robert S. Sturges
    Pages 13-72

  4. Spiritual Erotics: From Plato’s Symposium to Sade’s La Philosophie dans le boudoir

    • Robert S. Sturges
    Pages 73-154

  5. Erotic Style: From Plato’s Phaedrus to the Modern Novel

    • Robert S. Sturges
    Pages 155-220

  6. Conclusion: Deviant Erotics from Plato to the Postmodern

    • Robert S. Sturges
    Pages 221-234

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 235-297
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About this book

This book traces the historical relationship between male-male erotic desire and the genre of literary or philosophical dialogue. It describes three literary-philosophical traditions, each of which originates in a different Platonic dialogue whose subsequent influence can be traced, first, through the Roman and medieval periods; second, through the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods; and, finally, through the modern and postmodern periods. Sturges demonstrates that various forms of erotic deviance have been differently valued in these different periods and cultures, and that dialogue has consistently proven to be the genre of choice for expressing these changing values. This study provides a valuable historical perspective on current debates over the place of homosexuality in modern Western culture.

About the author

Robert S. Sturges is Professor of English at Arizona State University, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Dialogue and Deviance

  • Book Subtitle: Male-Male Desire in the Dialogue Genre (Plato to Aelred, Plato to Sade, Plato to the Postmodern)

  • Authors: Robert S. Sturges

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403978516

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Robert S. Sturges 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-23069-2Published: 01 January 1900

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-38599-7Published: 02 March 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-7851-6Published: 01 March 2005

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 297

  • Topics: Literary History

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