Promiscuity in western literature / Peter Stoneley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stoneley, Peter, author.

Series:

Literary criticism and cultural theory.

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Promiscuity in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2020.

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?"--

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-04425-4

0-367-22836-X

9780367228361

OCLC:

1141860561