The Songs of Bilitis
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Rating | : | 4.51 (541 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0486256707 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-04-29 |
Language | : | French |
DESCRIPTION:
Classic of erotic literature (1894), celebrating lesbian love, translation of original edition, complete with 161 sensuous illustrations by Willi Pogany.
Language Notes Text: English, French (translation)
William Andrew ("Willy") Pogany (August 1882 - 30 July 1955) was a prolific Hungarian illustrator of children's and other books.
Five Stars It was good experience and Item was very good and clean. Michael D. Chlanda said interesting book, slim, not what I thought.. This is an interesting book, a slim volume, not quite what I thought (it's also partly in Greek). Worth a look.. Charming, but mild Louys's delightful fraud first appeared in the 1890s, nearly 120 years ago at this writing. From today's vantage point, it's hard to say how this was originally taken. By today's standards, it tends toward the mild, even coy. Back then, however, it seems to have been taken as a direct piece of erotica. So, to avoid censure for originating such a scandalous work, Louys shielded himself behind the work