Erotica: Women's Writing from Sappho to Margaret Atwood

by Margaret Reynolds

Book Overview

"This collection shows that women have seen themselves as aggressive and receptive lovers, as well as philosophically sexual and loving partners, since the beginning of recorded history." -- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

Here is the first collection of female erotic writing through the ages, and the first to reveal the form's amazing scope--as multifaceted as the sexuality of women themselves. EROTICA reveals the history of women's erotic writing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 044990752X
• ISBN13: 9780449907528
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Multi-faceted erotica by women for... women?

As a heterosexual but experimental woman, I hoped to find in "Erotica" sexual writing for a variety of tastes. However, what I actually found was an overwhelming tendency toward lesbian eroticism. Regardless, the writing was interesting, erotic, and broad-based, though the modern writers emphasized more homosexuality than heterosexuality. Overall, the book is a great introduction to feminine erotica, and empowering to those women who feel timid about their sexuality.