Promiscuity in western literature:

"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 p...

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Main Author: Stoneley, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Series:Literary criticism and cultural theory
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:"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?"
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (177 Seiten)
ISBN:9780367228361
9781000044256
9781000044225
9781000044195
DOI:10.4324/9780367228361

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