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The Sexual Revolution in Modern American Literature
Irving Glicksberg
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Paperback. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CJ. Category: (G) General; (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 470.
1. The Dialectic of the Sex-Motif in Literature Sex is a function of culture; in literature today it plays only a small though aggressively righteous part. Nature, long held in bondage, periodically breaks out in revolt, but its victory is never complete. In every society, prim itive as well as modem, the sexual instinct is for good or evil always subject to some measure of regulation and restraint. In literature, where the battle between love and sex, spirit and flesh, is fought out in terms of symbolic action, the writers support their cause, for or against sexual freedom, with varying ... Read more
1. The Dialectic of the Sex-Motif in Literature Sex is a function of culture; in literature today it plays only a small though aggressively righteous part. Nature, long held in bondage, periodically breaks out in revolt, but its victory is never complete. In every society, prim itive as well as modem, the sexual instinct is for good or evil always subject to some measure of regulation and restraint. In literature, where the battle between love and sex, spirit and flesh, is fought out in terms of symbolic action, the writers support their cause, for or against sexual freedom, with varying ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789024750368
SKU
V9789024750368
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99-15
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