Erotic Persian /

This book is a general survey of language and images that arouse sexual desire. The book begins by examining the works of the great Persian poets and prose authors who avoid direct mention of bodily functions and use imagery borrowed from nature and food when describing the charms of lovers and huma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sprachman, Paul (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Costa Mesa, California : Mazda Publishers, Inc., [2020]
Subjects:	Erotic literature, Persian > History and criticism. Eroticism in literature. Sex in literature.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The Eroticism of Obsessive Piety and Transgressive Impiety
Canonical Erotic Literature
Alfiyeh va Shalfiyeh: Pornography in Aid of Sexual Dysfunction and Sex Education
Erotic Literature in the Modern Period
Erotic Persian in Exile
In Closing.