Erotic Fantasies

By Eberhard Kronhausen and Phyllis Kronhausen

Book Overview

This pathbreaking compilation, long out of print, is a survey of sexual fantasies from early folklore to the bawdy tales of the prolific Victorians to a very modern version of "Little Red Riding Hood." Here, among other selections, are vignettes from Poggio, Rabelais, and the "Divine" Aretino, instructive dialogues from the seventeenth-century Whore's Rhetorick, nineteenth-century flights of invention like Gynecocracy, Prince Cherrytop, and Les Tableaux Vivants, and a "superman" fantasy by Alfred Jarry--excerpts from the entire spectrum of Western erotica.

In their frank and fascinating commentary, the Drs. Kronhausen mine these "mental aphrodisiacs" as a valuable source of psychological and cultural insight. As they point out, it is the element of fantasy that distinguishes human sexuality from that of other species. In a spirit of respect for the play of the human imagination in all its forms, they commend their volume to their fellow professionals and to anyone "with literary interests, a sense of humor, and the moral courage to look at his own unknown psyche and that of his fellow men."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802130062
• ISBN13: 9780802130068
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

a great erotic book

It's a book that you can read over and over again and still heighten your sexual desire. Also a lot of historical information. Explores a wide variety of sexual exploits that will thrill all audiences.