Considered by Gide to be the most important of his books, this slim, exquisitely crafted volume consists of four dialogues on the subject of homosexuality and its place in society. Published anonymously in bits and pieces between 1911 and 1920, Corydon first appeared in a signed, commercial edition in France in 1924 and in the United States in 1950, the year before Gide's death. The present edition features the impeccable translation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Howard. In spirited dialogue with his bigoted, boorish interviewer, Corydon marshals evidence from naturalists, historians, poets, and philosophers to support his contention that homosexuality pervaded the most culturally and artistically advanced civilizations, from Greece in the age of Pericles to Renaissance Italy and England in the age of Shakespeare. Although obscured by later critics, literature and art from Homer to Titian proclaim the true nature of relationships between such lovers as Achilles and Patroclesnot to mention Virgil's mythical Corydon and his shepherd, Alexis, constructed union, while the more fundamental, natural relation is the homosexual one. "My friends insist that this little book is of the kind which will do me the greatest harm," Gide wrote of his Corydon . In these pages, contemporary readers will find a prescient and courageous treatment of a topic that has scarcely become less controversial.

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André Gide, Richard Howard

Andre Gide

United States, United States of America

Urbana, Ill., Wantage, 2001

July 18, 2001

Urbana, 2000

PS, 2001

Considered by Gide to be the most important of his books, this slim, exquisitely crafted volume consists of four dialogues on the subject of homosexuality and its place in society.
<p>Published anonymously in bits and pieces between 1911 and 1920, <i>Corydon</i> first appeared in a signed, commercial edition in France in 1924 and in the United States in 1950, the year before Gide's death. The present edition features the impeccable translation of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Howard.</p>
<p>In spirited dialogue with his bigoted, boorish interviewer, Corydon marshals an erudite range of evidence from naturalists, historians, poets, and philosophers to support his contention that homosexuality has pervaded the most culturally and artistically advanced civilizations. The evidence, <i>Corydon</i> suggests, points to heterosexuality as a socially constructed union, while the more fundamental, natural relation is the homosexual one.</p>
<p>"My friends insist that this little book is of the kind which will do me the greatest harm," Gide wrote of <i>Corydon</i>. In these pages, contemporary readers will find a prescient and courageous treatment of a topic that has scarcely become less controversial.</p>


<p>Considered by the Nobel Prize-winning author to be the most important of his books, Gide's dialogues on homosexuality were originally published anonymously in private editions.
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Offers four dialogues on the subject of homosexuality and its place in society. This book marshals evidence to support the contention that homosexuality pervaded culturally and artistically advanced civilizations. It suggests heterosexuality as a socially constructed union and homosexuality as the more fundamental and natural relation.

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