Erotic Fantasies - A Study of the Sexual Imagination (Paperback, 1st Pbk. Reprint)

This pathbreaking compilation, long out of print, is a survey of sexual fantasies from early folklore to the bawdy tales of the prolific Victorians to a very modern version of "Little Red Riding Hood." Here, among other selections, are vignettes from Poggio, Rabelais, and the "Divine" Aretino, instructive dialogues from the seventeenth-century Whore's Rhetorick, nineteenth-century flights of invention like Gynecocracy, Prince Cherrytop, and Les Tableaux Vivants, and a "superman" fantasy by Alfred Jarry--excerpts from the entire spectrum of Western erotica.
In their frank and fascinating commentary, the Drs. Kronhausen mine these "mental aphrodisiacs" as a valuable source of psychological and cultural insight. As they point out, it is the element of fantasy that distinguishes human sexuality from that of other species. In a spirit of respect for the play of the human imagination in all its forms, they commend their volume to their fellow professionals and to anyone "with literary interests, a sense of humor, and the moral courage to look at his own unknown psyche and that of his fellow men."

General

Imprint:	Avalon Travel Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Phyllis Kronhausen • Eberhard Kronhausen
Dimensions:	235 x 152 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	429
Edition:	1st Pbk. Reprint
ISBN-13:	978-0-8021-3006-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Sexual behaviour Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Sex & sexuality
LSN:	0-8021-3006-2
Barcode:	9780802130068

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