In the following essay, Phillips explores the implications of sexual freedom in contemporary literature.
Since sex is older than literature, one would think it is entitled to more respect. But the ...
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In the following essay, McMahon investigates the origins and implications of female sexuality and a female aesthetic in the poetry of Louise Glück, Marianne Moore, and Elizabeth Bishop.
For so...
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In the following essay, Harris discusses the rising importance of sexuality in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century fiction.
" . . . and first I put my arms around him yes and drew h...
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In the following essay, Cohen comments on Bellow's depiction of sex as "the comic leveler" in The Adventures of Augie March, Herzog, and Mr. Sammler's Planet.
The humor ...
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In the following essay, Waniek discusses the reasons why "the great space where sex ought to be" in novels by African American men is usually filled by violence.
Many critics have com...
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In the following essay, Webb observes the pessimistic attitude toward a "search for personal satisfaction through sexual relations" portrayed by Ford in his fiction.
"Ford�...
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In the following essay, Sonnichsen presents an overview of sex in novels of the American West.
Western fiction has traditionally been clean. Where the coyotes howl and the wind blows free was never...
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In the following essay, Leavis traces changes in the literary representation of sexuality through the works of George Gissing, Thomas Hardy, and D. H. Lawrence.
Ever since the real beginnings of th...
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People blame philosopher René Descartes for the modern idea that spirit and body are two separate and antagonistic entities. I don’t. I think making this division is an age-old trap. It ...
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LUST, CAUTION Running Time 157 minutes Written by Wang Hui Ling and James Schamus Directed by Ang Lee Starring Tang Wei, Tony Leung
Lust, Caution, Ang Lee’s first film since his phenomenal ma...
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DEAR SUSAN: I am asking for your Sexual Bill of Rights. When I was a virgin (in high school in the '70s), there was no need to rid myself of my virginity. But the pressure I felt in our sex educati...
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This is a movie so unbelievably girly, whirly and twirly that, on leaving the cinema, I felt like reading three Andy McNabs back to back, just to get my testosterone back up to metrosexual level. A...
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The concept of "sex education" has been a stomping ground for controversy for at least 50 years, probably as long as the apostles of "openness" have argued that parents in general do a terrible job...
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Some other Washington sex scandals from the past:_ In July, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., acknowledged "a very serious sin in my past" after his Washington telephone number was linked to an escort serv...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Teenagers who have had formal
sex education are far more likely to put off having sex,
contradicting earlier studies on the effectiveness of such
programs, U.S. researchers sa...
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Filipino women who claimed they were forced into sex slavery by
the Japanese military during World War II on Wednesday welcomed a
resolution passed by a U.S. House of Representatives committe...
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William Phillips
Spiritual Sex
