Daphnis & Chloe / Longus ; translated with a revised introduction by Paul Turner.
By: Longus
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Contributor(s): Turner, Paul.
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BookSeries: Penguin classics.Publisher: London, England New York : Penguin, 1989Description: 123, [3] p. ; 20 cm. + pbk.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0140440593 (pbk.); 9780140440591.Uniform titles: Daphnis and Chloe. English | Daphnis and Chloe. Subject(s): Longus. Daphnis and Chloe | Daphnis (Greek mythology) -- Fiction | Literature: history & criticism | Literary essays | Classic fiction | Ancient, classical & medieval texts | LiteratureGenre/Form: Fantasy fiction. | Love stories.DDC classification: 883.01 LON Summary: 'Daphnis and Chloe' tells the story of a baby boy and girl who are discovered separately alone and exposed on a Greek mountainside.The pair grow to maturity unaware of one another's existence, until the god of love creates in them a sudden overpowering desire for one another.
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 883.01 LON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000453914 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A tender novel describing eager and inept young love, Daphnis and Chloe tells the story of a baby boy and girl who are discovered separately, two years apart, alone and exposed on a Greek mountainside. Taken in by a goatherd and a shepherd respectively, and raised near the town of Mytilene, they grow to maturity unaware of one another's existence - until the mischievous god of love, Eros, creates in them a sudden overpowering desire for one another. A masterpiece among early Greek romances, attracting both high praise and moral disapproval, this work has proved an enduringly fertile source of inspiration for musicians, writers and artists from Henry Fielding to Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and Maurice Ravel. Longus transforms familiar themes from the romance genre - including pirates, dreams, and the supernatural - into a virtuoso love story that is rich in insight, humorous and ironical in its treatment of human sexual experience.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [126]).
'Daphnis and Chloe' tells the story of a baby boy and girl who are discovered separately alone and exposed on a Greek mountainside.The pair grow to maturity unaware of one another's existence, until the god of love creates in them a sudden overpowering desire for one another.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
The pastoral Daphnis and Chloe, the best of the ancient Greek romances, is attributed to Longus. Nothing is known of his life except what he states in his prologue to the work. His passionate love story of two foundlings raised together by shepherds on Lesbos is sweetly told and has been persistently admired for its bucolic charm.(Bowker Author Biography)