The seduction of the Mediterranean

Description:

Through an examination of forty figures in European culture, The Seduction of the Mediterranean argues that the Mediterranean, classical and contemporary, was the central theme in homoerotic writing and art from the 1750s to the 1950s. Episodes of exile, murder, drug-taking, wild homosexual orgies and court cases are woven into an original study of a significant theme in European culture. The myth of a homoerotic Mediterranean made a major contribution to general attitudes towards Antiquity, the Renaissance and modern Italy and Greece.

subjects: History and criticism,  Homosexuality in literature,  European literature,  History,  Nonfiction,  In literature,  Sex in literature,  Gay men in literature,  Literature, history and criticism,  Art,  Modern Literature,  Littérature européenne,  Histoire et critique,  Homosexualité dans la littérature,  TRAVEL,  Special Interest,  Literary,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  General,  Literature,  Homoseksuelen,  Letterkunde,  Kunst,  Literatura e sociedade,  Mediterranean Region in literature,  Gays' writings,  Homosexuality and art,  LGBTQ literary criticism,  LGBTQ history

Places: Mediterranean Region