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Sex and Terror

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Informationen zum Autor Pascal Quignard's novels Le Salon du Wurtemberg and Les Escaliers de Chambord brought him to the attention of a wide audience! and in 2002 he was awarded France's most prestigious literary prize! the Prix Goncourt! for Les ombres errantes. The author of over sixty books! he is widely regarded as one of the most important living writers in French. Chris Turner is a writer and translator who lives in Birmingham! England. Klappentext The fascinus! or phallus! was at the heart of classical Roman art and life. No god was more represented in ancient Rome than the phallic deity Priapus! and the fescennine verses! one of the earliest forms of Roman poetry! accompanied the celebrations of Priapus! the harvest! and fertility. This title looks closely at this delicate interplay. Zusammenfassung The fascinus! or phallus! was at the heart of classical Roman art and life. No god was more represented in ancient Rome than the phallic deity Priapus! and the fescennine verses! one of the earliest forms of Roman poetry! accompanied the celebrations of Priapus! the harvest! and fertility. This title looks closely at this delicate interplay.

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Authors Pascal Quignard
Assisted by Chris Turner (Translation)
Publisher University Of Chicago Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 15.07.2011
 
EAN 9781906497866
ISBN 978-1-906497-86-6
No. of pages 320
Series French List
The French List
The French List - (Seagull titles CHUP)
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature
Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day

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