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300,000 Kisses
Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World
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A landmark illustrated anthology of queer Ancient Greek and Roman love stories.
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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300,000 Kisses has been praised as an anthology brimming with passion and allure, offering evocative poetry and enchanting narratives that explore queer love in the ancient world. This collection captivates with its themes of desire and loss, making it a vital addition to any literary collection.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241575734
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 05 October 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Particular Books
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 158.0mm
Height: 220.0mm
Weight: 649g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Luke Edward Hall (Author) Luke Edward Hall is an English artist, designer and columnist working across multiple disciplines. His philosophy is shaped by a love of storytelling, fantasy and romanticism. He lives in London and Gloucestershire. Sean Hewitt (Author) Sean Hewitt was born in 1990. He is the author of two poetry collections, Tongues of Fire and Rapture's Road, and a memoir, All Down Darkness Wide. He collaborated with the artist Luke Edward Hall on 300,000 Kisses- Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World. Hewitt has received the Laurel Prize and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and been shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. He lectures at Trinity College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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