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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant investigation of eros in later antiquity
Goldhill's book aims to counter the massive influence of Foucault's explorations of eros in Greek literature under the Roman empire by demonstrating the greater complexity, irony, and variety of approaches in a host of different authors. Innovative and compelling, it has already garnered a well-deserved reputation.
Published on December 30, 2001
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8 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I took Foucalt's virginity when he was seventeen.
Goldhill is - once again - lying through his beard in this, his latest 'book'. I had Foucault - he was a virgin prior to this - so I bought this book with the eager expectation of an account of this brief but pleasurable experience. Yet what do I find? Goldhill's evasions and, yes, outright lies. You liar, Goldhill. Liar.
Published on March 12, 2001
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant investigation of eros in later antiquity,
By A Customer
This review is from: Foucault's Virginity: Ancient Erotic Fiction and the History of Sexuality (Stanford Memorial Lectures) (Paperback)
Goldhill's book aims to counter the massive influence of Foucault's explorations of eros in Greek literature under the Roman empire by demonstrating the greater complexity, irony, and variety of approaches in a host of different authors. Innovative and compelling, it has already garnered a well-deserved reputation.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another look at a vast subject,
By A Customer
This review is from: Foucault's Virginity: Ancient Erotic Fiction and the History of Sexuality (The Stanford Memorial Lectures) (Hardcover)
Witty, compelling, brash, frustrating, thoughtful, and just downright fun. Goldhill attempts to out-foucault Foucault. He makes a good case for reading "virginity" as a sly form of knowledge.Taking on the master this broadly is of course folly, but Goldhill does it so entertainingly and with enough rigor to potentially open a new line of discussion in this daunting arena. And I think that's just what Foucault intended, isn't it?
8 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I took Foucalt's virginity when he was seventeen.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Foucault's Virginity: Ancient Erotic Fiction and the History of Sexuality (Stanford Memorial Lectures) (Paperback)
Goldhill is - once again - lying through his beard in this, his latest 'book'. I had Foucault - he was a virgin prior to this - so I bought this book with the eager expectation of an account of this brief but pleasurable experience. Yet what do I find? Goldhill's evasions and, yes, outright lies. You liar, Goldhill. Liar.
7 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
The depraved and dull work of a dirty old man.,
By The Whole of King's College (Cambridge University) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Foucault's Virginity: Ancient Erotic Fiction and the History of Sexuality (Stanford Memorial Lectures) (Paperback)
This tedious lingering on filth reflects Goldhill's perverted and cess-pit-like mind. There is an intelligent, sensitive tome to be written on this topic. This is not it. Shame on him. Shame.
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Foucault's Virginity: Ancient Erotic Fiction and the History of Sexuality (Stanford Memorial Lectures) by Simon Goldhill (Paperback - January 27, 1995)
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