Publisher's Synopsis
This pathbreaking compilation, long out of print, is a survey of sexual fantasies from early folklore to the bawdy tales of the prolific Victorians to a very modern version of Little Red Riding Hood.” Here, among other selections, are vignettes from Poggio, Rabelais, and the Divine” Aretino, instructive dialogues from the seventeenth-century Whore's Rhetorick, nineteenth-century flights of invention like Gynecocracy, Prince Cherrytop, and Les Tableaux Vivants, and a superman” fantasy by Alfred Jarryexcerpts from the entire spectrum of Western erotica.
In their frank and fascinating commentary, the Drs. Kronhausen mine these mental aphrodisiacs” as a valuable source of psychological and cultural insight. As they point out, it is the element of fantasy that distinguishes human sexuality from that of other species. In a spirit of respect for the play of the human imagination in all its forms, they commend their volume to their fellow professionals and to anyone with literary interests, a sense of humor, and the moral courage to look at his own unknown psyche and that of his fellow men.”
In their frank and fascinating commentary, the Drs. Kronhausen mine these mental aphrodisiacs” as a valuable source of psychological and cultural insight. As they point out, it is the element of fantasy that distinguishes human sexuality from that of other species. In a spirit of respect for the play of the human imagination in all its forms, they commend their volume to their fellow professionals and to anyone with literary interests, a sense of humor, and the moral courage to look at his own unknown psyche and that of his fellow men.”
