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Promiscuity in Western literature / Peter Stoneley.
Author
Stoneley, Peter
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Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
©2020
Description
177 pages ; 24 cm.
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PN56.P7425 S76 2020
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Sex in literature
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Promiscuity in literature
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Series
Literary criticism and cultural theory
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"Promiscuity in Western Literature capitalises on the fact that literature gives us deep and varied resources for reflecting on this controversial aspect of human behaviour. Drawing on authors from Homer to Margaret Atwood, it explores recurrent ideas and scenarios: Why does the literature of promiscuity evoke ideas of the animal? Why does it so often turn upon the image of the "excessive" woman? How and why does promiscuity feature in comic writing? How does the emergence of the modern city change representations of promiscuity? And, in the present day, what impact have ecological concerns had on the way writers depict promiscuity?"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: Animals
Chapter Two: The Excessive Woman
Chapter Three: Sex Objects and Comic Objects
Chapter Four: Libertine Ethics
Chapter Five: The "Swarming City"
Conclusion: Used Up.
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ISBN
9780367228347 (hardcover)
0367228343 (hardcover)
LCCN
2019058853
OCLC
1127929688
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