Promiscuity in Western Literature

by Peter Stoneley

Book Overview

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 deep and varied resources for reflecting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032238445
• ISBN13: 9781032238449
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"