Les chansons de Bilitis by Pierre Louÿs
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"Les chansons de Bilitis" by Pierre Louÿs is a collection of erotic poetry published in 1894. Louÿs presented these sensual verses as translations from ancient Greek texts by a fictional courtesan named Bilitis, a contemporary of Sappho. The elaborate hoax fooled scholars initially, complete with fabricated archaeological documentation. The 143 prose poems trace Bilitis's life through three stages—from childhood innocence to lesbian love affairs to life as a courtesan. Though exposed as
a pseudotranslation, the work gained lasting significance for its sympathetic celebration of lesbian sexuality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Louÿs, Pierre, 1870-1925 |
|---|---|
| Title | Les chansons de Bilitis |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Songs_of_Bilitis fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Chansons_de_Bilitis |
| Credits |
Produced by Carlo Traverso, Robert Rowe, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Chuck Greif. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 90.5 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French poetry |
| Subject | Lesbians -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 4708 |
| Release Date | Dec 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Mar 20, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 494 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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