{"product_id":"key-blue-other-prose-essays-x7hpbm44","title":"In the Key of Blue and Other Prose Essays.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe special issue, inaccurately termed “large paper edition” in the notice of limitation. The Michael Sadleir copy, with his book label. In cloth slipcase. A fine copy, with almost no wear or discolouration to the binding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in the last year of the author’s life, this is so celebrated for its binding that it is often overlooked as a text, which in fact includes the least ambiguous writings about homosexual love that Symonds published openly in his lifetime, smuggled in under the cloak of Ricketts’ magnificent design. These include “Clifton and a lad’s love” which conflates longing for the landscapes of the Avon with sexual infatuation, and the title essay, in which an effort to analyse the nature of the colour blue is not simplified by the author’s decision to discuss it in the context of the blouse worn by his favourite gondolier, Augusto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Maggs Bros.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48699110260893,"sku":"238216","price":2690.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/store.maggs.com\/products\/key-blue-other-prose-essays-x7hpbm44","provider":"Maggs Bros.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}