Ebook: The Erotic World of Faery
Author: Duffy Maureen
- Tags: Erotic literature English -- History and criticism., Literature and folklore -- Great Britain., Fairies in literature., Sex in literature., English literature -- History and criticism., English literature., Fairies., Folklore -- Great Britain., Sex in literature -- History and criticism., LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English Irish Scottish Welsh., Erotic literature English., Literature and folklore., Great Britain.
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: Arcadia Books Limited
- City: New York, Great Britain
- Language: English
- epub
N her first full-length non-fiction work, Maureen Duffy examines the erotic meanings, hidden or obvious, behind the fantastic element in English literature. Those who have read her fiction will realise that she has long been interested in questions of myths. Now from the Dark Ages and the decline of the pagan gods and the fertility cults to the science fiction of the present day she traces themes, symbolisms, Read more...
Abstract: N her first full-length non-fiction work, Maureen Duffy examines the erotic meanings, hidden or obvious, behind the fantastic element in English literature. Those who have read her fiction will realise that she has long been interested in questions of myths. Now from the Dark Ages and the decline of the pagan gods and the fertility cults to the science fiction of the present day she traces themes, symbolisms, shifting nuances, double meanings whether conscious or unconscious, and a whole underworld of myth. She examines the clash between the world of St Augustine and the pagan world of th