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Loading... The Mirror of Love (2003)by Alan Moore, José Villarrubia (Illustrator)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A rather average poem on the history of homosexuality. A bit brief and fact-based, it didn't quite fire me up. Moore is best when he incorporates his encyclopedic knowledge, not when he straight-up quotes it. ( ) no reviews | add a review
This epic poem recounts the history of same-sex love, revealing a hidden side of Western culture through the lives of its greatest artists. Sappho, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde, and many others are woven into this rich, visceral piece. Originally written fourteen years ago, The Mirror of Love sprang from Moore's activist heart as a reaction to Britain's controversial anti-gay law, Clause 28. In the past, Mirror has been translated into both a comic book and a stage production, but Top Shelf presents it as it was meant to be, a hardcover book illustrated with over forty full-color photographs from acclaimed artist Jose Villarrubia.Included in the 128-page special edition is an essay about the poem and its previous incarnations, an index of characters and places, a selection of classic poems quoted in the text, and a bibliography. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)306.76609Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Culture and Institutions Relations between the sexes, sexualities, love Sexual orientation, gender identity Homosexuality Biography And HistoryLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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