Leucippe and Clitophon (Oxford World's Classics) Tapa blanda - 2003

OUP Oxford, 13/03/2003 00:00:01. paperback. Very Good. 1.7986 in x 19.3853 in x 12.7903 in.

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2003. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press. Used - Very Good. 2003. Paperback. Pbk. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good.

OUP Oxford, 2003-03-13. Paperback. Good. 1.7986 in x 19.3853 in x 12.7903 in. Signs of wear.

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003-05-08. Paperback. Good.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003 Book. Illus. by Trans. Tim Whitmarsh. Fine. Soft cover. 'Her mouth was like the bloom of a rose, when the rose begins to part the lips of its petals. As soon as I saw, I was done for.All my dreams were of Leucippe.' Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon is the most bizarre and risque of the five 'Greek novels' of idealized love between boy and girl that survive from the period of the Roman empire. Stretching the capacity of the genre to its limits, Achilles' narrative covers adultery, violence, evisceration, pederasty, virginity-testing, and (of course) an improbable happy ending. Ingenious and sophisticated in conception, Leucippe and Clitophon is in execution at once subtle, stylish, moving, brash, tasteless, and obscene. This new translation aims to capture Achilles' writing in all its exuberant variety. A new translation by Tim Whitmarsh. Introduction by Helen Morales (Introduction byHelen Morales. 164p..