Series[UMA-SRE-20140045] MAJOR WORKSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014004500438Scope and ContentLaser print typescript of drafts, 23 pages, unnumbered, begins: "THE BOY is a book of delights...", Introduction: 'The boy, yes, the boy is beautiful'. Chapter summaries: Chapter 1: Boys the world over; Chapter II Eros is a boy; Chapter III Divine Boys: Apollo; Chapter III Divine Boys: Dionysos; Chapter III Divine Boys: Ganymede; Chapter IV Classic Boys: Endymion; Chapter V Classic Boys: Anchises; Chapter VI Classic Boys: Adonis; Chapter VII Classic Boys: Hyacinthus; Chapter VII Classic Boys: Leander; Chapter VIII Classic Boys: Athis; Chapter IX Classic Boys: Narcissus; Chapter X Classic Boys: Hippomenes; Chapter XI Jewish Boys: David; Chapter XII Jewish Boys: John the Baptist; Chapter VI: New Testament Boys: John the Baptist; Chapter XIII Jewish Boys: John the Evangelist; Chapter XIV Abused Boys: Sebastian; Chapter XVI Page boys; Chapter XVII The teenage heart-throb; Chapter XVIII Old Lady Business; Chapter XIX Conclusion. The folder also contains images of several artworks, including several versions of colour photocopy of Mary Beale, Self Portrait, others unidentified; 3 print outs of web pages on Pregnancy and Domestic Violence. Subjects: The Boy; The Beautiful Boy; Masculine beauty (Aesthetics); Young men in art; Mythology in art; Authors and Publishers; Copy editingAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0045 Unit 0039
Greer, Germaine, The Boy - Astra (c.2001-c.2002), [UMA-ITE-2014004500438]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 19/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/344408
