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Eroticism

Aphrodite

novel of Alexandrian manners by Pierre Louys. [Fr. Lit.: Benét, 783]

Ars Amatoria

Ovid’s treatise on lovemaking. [Rom. Lit.: Magill IV, 45]

Barbarella

frequently semi-nude heroine of sexy French comicstrip. [Comics: Berger, 211]

Daphnis and Chloë

their idyll reconciles naïveté and sexual fulfillment. [Gk. Lit.: Magill I, 184]

Delta of Venus

stories of sexual adventure including incest, perversion, prostitution, etc. [Am. Lit.: Anaïs Nin Delta of Venus in Weiss, 124]

Hill, Fanny

narrator of Cleland’s 18th-century novel of erotic experiences. [Br. Lit.: Cleland Memoirs of Fanny Hill]

Kama-Sutra

detailed Hindu account of the art of lovemaking. [Ind. Lit.: Benét, 538]

O

a beautiful woman willing to undergo every form of sexual manipulation at the bidding of her lover. [Fr. Lit.: Pauline Reage The Story of 0 in Weiss, 445]

Perfumed Garden, The

Arabian manual of sexual activity. [Arab. Lit.: EB (1963) IV, 448]

Playboy

monthly magazine renowned for nude photographs. [Am. Pop. Cult.: Misc.]