Sexual Symmetry: Love in the Ancient Novel and Related Genres by David Konstan

Sexual Symmetry: Love in the Ancient Novel and Related Genres

David Konstan

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nonfiction classics history literary reflective medium-paced
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In the Greek romances, writes David Konstan, sighs, tears, and suicide attempts are as characteristic of the male as of the female in distress; ruses, disguises, and outright violence in defense of one's chastity are as much the part of the female...

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