300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World
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Steeped in honey, Juventius,
your golden eyes, and as sweet too
when I press my lips to them –
three hundred thousand kisses
is not close to enough
For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few, famous narratives are widely known – yet there’s a rich literary tradition of Greek and Roman love that extends far beyond this handful of stories. Here, the poet Seán Hewitt and painter Luke Edward Hall collect together, for the first time, forty of the most exhilarating queer tales in the classical canon and bring them newly to life. A ground-breaking anthology that changes the way we see the ancient world – and invites us to reflect on the puritanism of our own – 300,000 Kisses is a riotous celebration of desire in all its forms.
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Additional information
Publisher | Particular Books, 1st edition (5 Oct. 2023) |
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Language | English |
Hardcover | 208 pages |
ISBN-10 | 0241575737 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0241575734 |
Dimensions | 15.8 x 2.4 x 22 cm |
by Donal Murray
Beautiful anthology of queer classics from the ancient world. Am a massive fan of Hewitt’s and anything he writes!
by Ed Madden
The book was delivered totally bungled and damaged. Because it’s from the UK, it feels prohibitive to try to mail it back for a replacement. But the book is damaged.
by Zach Johnson
This is an outstanding anthology – highly recommended. Engaging, with some beautiful illustrations.