UID:
almahu_9949386143102882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9781000044256 (electronic bk)
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1000044254 (electronic bk)
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9780367228361
,
036722836X
,
9781000044225
,
100004422X
,
9781000044195
,
100004419X
Series Statement:
Literary criticism and cultural theory
Content:
"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?"--
Note:
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.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780367228347
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0367228343
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9780367228361
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367228361
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