Foucault's Virginity Ancient Erotic Fiction and the History of Sexuality |
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| Author:
| Goldhill, Simon |
| Series title: | The W. B. Stanford Memorial Lectures |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-47934-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1995 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $72.95 |
Book Description:
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This is a study of how sex and sexuality are written about in the first centuries of this era, a central period in the history of sexuality. Writing with the same wit and verve as the ancient writers with whom he engages, Simon Goldhill shows how the standard accounts of sexuality in this period are distorted by ignoring the sexy, ironic and often bizarre texts of ancient novels, erotic poetry and humorous dialogues.
This is a study of how sex and sexuality are written about in the first centuries of this era, a central period in the history of sexuality. Writing with the same wit and verve as the ancient writers with whom he engages, Simon Goldhill shows how the standard accounts of sexuality in this period are distorted by ignoring the sexy, ironic and often bizarre texts of ancient novels, erotic poetry and humorous dialogues.