Corydon (Folio) (French Edition)

This is probably more for academics, but public libraries serving gay communities will also want it. Gide, the reflective rebel against bourgeois morality and one of the most important and controversial figures in modern European literature, published his first book anonymously at the age of Gide was born in Paris, the only child of a law professor and a strict Calvinist mother. As a young man, he was an ardent member of the symbolist group, but the style of his later work is more in the tradition of classicism. Much of his work is autobiographical, and the story of his youth and early adult years and the discovery of his own sexual tendencies is related in Si le grain ne meurt If it die.

Corydon deals with the question of homosexuality openly. Gide's reflections on life and literature are contained in his Journals , which span the years Un barrage contre le Pacifique Marguerite Duras.

Les mains sales Jean-Paul Sartre. La petite bijou Patrick Modiano. La symphonie pastorale Andre Gide. La societe du spectacle Guy Debord. La ronde de nuit Patrick Modiano. La condition humaine Andre Malraux.

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Mort a Credit Louis-Ferdinand Celine. Le lion Joseph Kessel. They didn't have the word teenager then; the concept had yet to be invented.

This is in France, which until just a few years ago had no such thing as a legal age of consent, and men were free to diddle 12 year girls all day long. Corydon, in his argument, is simply asking for the same rules to apply to boys. The issue regarding my reviewing this book is that some sections, as usual with my reading a french text, slip by me. I am glad that I read this. I am glad, also, that I read it in French.

Although I have an interest in reading more gay literature, I would likely not have sought out this book as I had never heard of it. I was given a free French copy at a local book repository.

This book, although he considered it his most important according to what I read, does not have the fame of the counter The issue regarding my reviewing this book is that some sections, as usual with my reading a french text, slip by me. This book, although he considered it his most important according to what I read, does not have the fame of the counterfeiters. I did like the counterfeiters a lot. Nov 07, Mason rated it really liked it.

A shockingly relevant piece of work, given its publication nearly a century ago. Gide poses a number of questions our cultural and moral arbiters still refuse to engage with, namely a self-righteous tendency to deem non-normative behaviors as immoral excusing the tenuous and relativistic existence of norms in the first place. Mar 04, Fernando rated it it was ok. Nov 04, Joey rated it liked it.

An interesting defense of being gay from the early 20th century, when you could still be jailed for such a thing. It should be noted, Gide is specific about the type of same-sex love he is defending, love and sex between two men. This particular translation by Richard Howard is superb; it is both lyrical and poetic. Additionally, all of the prefaces written by Gide are maintained, providing greater context for the actual four dialogues.

Corydon was written over several years, with many changes and addition added by Gide. The result is four dialogues, which not only defend gay men, but also condemn gay men from hiding and refusing to be open about their homosexuality. I am trying to explain why they exist. And since in most cases no one is willing to admit that such things exist, I am examining, I am trying to examine, whether it is really as deplorable as it is said to be—that such things exist.

Dialogue One really is an answer to all the people who told him not to formally publish this book because of its damning ramification towards Gide.

Two old friends argue about homosexuality, Corydon in defense. In your heart of hearts you know perfectly well that the censure heaped on you is entirely deserved; you protest so eloquently in whispers, but when it comes to speaking up, you give in.

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Dialogue Two is again between the two friends, but this time focuses on explaining nature, and in particular animals. Dialogue Three and Four focuses on humans, and in particular the arts, humanities, and customs of humans. In Dialogue Four, Gide spends a great deal of time talking about ancient societies, and in particular ancient militaries.

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Dec 09, Paulo Santos rated it really liked it. I had been curious about reading Corydon for a while, due to its fame. Corydon is somewhat dated, but it is nevertheless interesting, especially because I think it is the first time in modern literature that someone talked about homosexuality as something natural, not as a vice or as a pe I had been curious about reading Corydon for a while, due to its fame. Corydon is somewhat dated, but it is nevertheless interesting, especially because I think it is the first time in modern literature that someone talked about homosexuality as something natural, not as a vice or as a peculiar proclivity.

For that alone, it deserves great praise, not to speak of the courage it took for someone to publish it in the early 20th century. Add to all that its beautiful French, and it's a true classic. Feb 26, Micha rated it it was ok Shelves: The first dialogue was interesting because the arguments were so like modern arguments about homosexuality.