Ebook {Epub PDF} Corydon by André Gide

Corydon is the title of a collection of essays by André Gide about homosexuality, named after Virgil's character of that name. Parts of the text were separately published from to , and the whole book appeared in its French original in France in and in the USA in It is available in an English translation (ISBN ) by the poet Richard Howard. Together, the essays. Corydon is a book by André Gide consisting of four Socratic dialogues on homosexuality. The name of the book comes from Virgil 's pederastic character Corydon. Parts of the text were separately privately printed from to , [1] and the whole book appeared in its French original in France in May and in the United States in Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins.  · Corydon by Andre Gide (image courtesy Goodreads) The complex and provocative André Gide is known for his unconventional examinations of morality in which he usually pits the conventions of accepted public morals against the individual moral (sometimes amoral) views of his bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins.

Corydon is the title of a collection of essays by André Gide about homosexuality, named after Virgil's character of that name. Together, the essays use naturalists', historians', poets', and philosophers' evidence to back up Gide's argument that homosexuality pervaded the most culturally and artistically advanced civilizations (such as Periclean Greece, Renaissance Italy and El. Corydon, both a title and an allusion to a shepherd who loves a fellow shepherd, is André Gide's defense of "uranist desires," or what we call male homosexuality. It should be noted, Gide is specific about the type of same-sex love he is defending, love and sex between two men. Corydon by Gide, André, ; Beach, Frank A. (Frank Ambrose), ; Gibb, Hugh. Publication date Topics Homosexuality Internet Archive Language English. Translation of: Corydon Translated by Hugh Gibb Access-restricted-item true Addeddate Boxid IA Camera Canon 5D Donor bostonpubliclibrary External.

Corydon: Author: André Gide: Translated by: Richard Howard: Edition: reprint: Publisher: University of Illinois Press, ISBN: , Length: pages: Subjects. Corydon, named for the pederast character in Virgil’s Eclogues, caused its author “all kinds of trouble,” according to his friends, but he regarded it as his most important work. The courage, intelligence, and prescience of Gide’s argument make it all the more impressive today. Read Full Overview. Corydon is the title of a collection of essays by André Gide about homosexuality, named after Virgil's character of that name. Parts of the text were separately published from to , and the whole book appeared in its French original in France in and in the USA in It is available in an English translation (ISBN ) by the poet Richard Howard. Together, the essays.