Description
Transgressive by nature, erotic literature engages the reader in a dialogue informed by the social and aesthetic conventions that it playfully disregards or happily reproduces. But once this intimate, arousing and, often, disturbing dialogue transitions into another language, culture or medium, it must reposition itself within new conventions. How does this happen in practice?
Examining erotic literature from multiple angles, this volume starts off with an ethical evaluation of the most recent rendering of Marquis de Sade into English. Other inquiries into European letters include the works of Goethe, Georges Bataille, Pierre Guyotat and E. L. James, and the films of Michael Haneke and Patrice Ch reau. Studies of Chinese and Japanese erotic traditions complement the picture by addressing the different functions of the erotic in discrete cultural settings.
Johannes D. Kaminski is Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at University of Vienna.
Author: Johannes D. Kaminski
Publisher: Legenda
Published: 09/28/2020
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.46d
ISBN13: 9781781885222
ISBN10: 1781885222
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature
- Art | Subjects & Themes | Erotica
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
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