188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
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Poet and novelist Charles Bukowski described promiscuity as "feast and feast and feast." The promiscuous person is having fun, getting away with it, and showing no signs of stopping. More often, though, promiscuity has been seen as demonic, as the sign of an uncivilised race, or as a symptom of mental disorder. Promiscuity in Western Literature capitalises on the fact that literature gives us... Read more
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
Biography
Peter Stoneley has taught at the Universities of Oxford, Texas, and Queen’s Belfast. He is currently Professor of English and Head of Department at the University of Reading, U.K. His previous books have been on US literature and culture, and on dance.
