 Black Lace: Maria Eppie, Gone Wild
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Erotica
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Paperback Novel |
| | | Category |
Erotica |
| | | Conventions |
- extensive, sensual description
- element of tension
- taboos |
| | | Examples |
- Black Lace series
- Anonymous, The Pearl
(Ed. Note: This book was taken from the CRC Humanities Computing Studio collection.)
- Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library |
| | | Description |
Erotica explores thought and imagery related to what is sexual. It is distinct from pornography in that pornography aims solely at physical arousal, but erotica incorporates a story and character to engage the reader's thought and emotion regarding desire. Accordingly, erotica is very diverse in subject matter. It is explicit, and provocative, but not necessarily graphic; where pornography just tells, erotica aims to show and evoke.
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Genre record edited by Andrea Hasenbank at 2004-05-18 16:08:17
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