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The Erotic Reader: Classics of Erotic Prose and Poetry in English

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This is a selection that explores and celebrates the diversity of eroticism in literature. It is an anthology and sampler of classic erotica in the English language. It includes the poetry of John Donne, Andrew Marvell, Robert Herrick, Charles Sedley, Aphra Benn, John Wilmot, Walt Whitman, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, and very many others, alongside excerpts from landmark works of erotic fiction, including 'The Decameron', 'Fanny Hill', 'Moll Flanders', 'The Pearl', 'My Secret Life'. Selected with these are sections from less familiar works of Victorian pornography/erotica, including 'Laura Middleton; her Brother and her Lover', 'Forbidden Fruit', 'The Romance of Lust', 'The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival, The Belle of the Delaware'. The collection also samples Burton's influential translations of the classic texts 'The Kama Sutra' and 'The Perfumed Garden'.

Language: English

Pages: 283

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Lollapalooza

Release: May 21, 2012

The Erotic Reader: Classics of Erotic Prose and Poetry in English

0/5 ( ratings)

This is a selection that explores and celebrates the diversity of eroticism in literature. It is an anthology and sampler of classic erotica in the English language. It includes the poetry of John Donne, Andrew Marvell, Robert Herrick, Charles Sedley, Aphra Benn, John Wilmot, Walt Whitman, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, and very many others, alongside excerpts from landmark works of erotic fiction, including 'The Decameron', 'Fanny Hill', 'Moll Flanders', 'The Pearl', 'My Secret Life'. Selected with these are sections from less familiar works of Victorian pornography/erotica, including 'Laura Middleton; her Brother and her Lover', 'Forbidden Fruit', 'The Romance of Lust', 'The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival, The Belle of the Delaware'. The collection also samples Burton's influential translations of the classic texts 'The Kama Sutra' and 'The Perfumed Garden'.

Language: English

Pages: 283

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Lollapalooza

Release: May 21, 2012

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