Word: eroticisms
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Over the whole range of literature, only erotica functions differently. If it works, sexual arousal is real, not imaginary. And if it doesn't work? The most recent example is Harold Brodkey's novel Profane Friendship (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 387 pages). The author tells of a long, intensely erotic affair...
If the drama is to succeed, the passion must not merely engage the reader intellectually; it must arouse him. For this heterosexual male, who has imagined himself to be the unconventional heroine Moll Flanders and that transcendent bird Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the failure is total. Such a statement will surely...
Unfortunately, these novel revelations about emotions and erotic desire seem to be accidental. Ogden spends the bulk of her time waxing poetic on the beautiful possibilities of sexual liberation, rather than presenting concrete ways to achieve those ends. At times, her analogies and explanations can be downright silly; Myrtle the...
Books: Harold Brodkey's erotic novel fails to appeal
If the drama is to succeed, the passion must not merely engage the reader intellectually; it must arouse him. For this heterosexual male, who has imagined himself to be Moll Flanders and Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the failure is total. Such a statement will surely be called homophobia, but fear and...