![]() ![]() Since Louÿs claimed that he had translated the original poetry from Ancient Greek, this work is considered a pseudotranslation. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Production notes: This ebook of The Songs of Bilitis was published by Global Grey in 2018. The Songs of Bilitis is a collection of erotic, essentially lesbian, poetry by Pierre Louÿs published in Paris in 1894. This book has 159 pages in the PDF version. Part of Anne Haight's List of Banned Books. When the fraud was exposed, it did little, however, to taint the book's literary value in readers' eyes, and Louÿs' open and sympathetic celebration of lesbian sexuality earned him sensation and historic significance. To lend weight, he had even included a bibliography with bogus supporting works and fabricated an entire section of his book called 'The Life of Bilitis'. Since Louÿs claimed that he had translated the original poetry from Ancient Greek, this work is considered a pseudotranslation. ![]() The poems were a clever forgery by Pierre Louÿs, the translator. The Songs of Bilitis by Pierre Louys - is a collection of erotic, essentially lesbian, poetry by Pierre Louÿs published in Paris in 1894. ![]() The Songs of Bilitis Pierre LouÿsĪvailable to download for free in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook formats.įirst published in Paris in 1894, this purports to be translations of poems by a woman named Bilitis, a contemporary and acquaintance of Sappho. Buy the entire collection (over 2,400 ebooks) for only £15. ![]()
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