Wednesday, October 14, 2009

In praise of Erotic Literature


For centuries Erotic Literature were considered as taboo literature. Many writers of this genre of literature were expelled from their home country; their books were burned in public, publishers were hunted by church and state. Fighting against all odds these great writers became world famous and their books turns to be classics.
Lolita, Madam Bovary, Lady Chatterleys Lover, we could number so many classics in this genre. In India, Kamasuthra stands out as a guide and encyclopedia for this amorous pleasure. Apart from the known writers most of erotic literature was written by anonymous writers. I would like introduce two great works in this genre for the readers of erotic literature.

John Cleland’s
Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman in Pleasure) is an unknown classic in erotic literature. It is about a poor country girls’ experience in the bawdy houses of London in 18th century.
John Philip Lundin’s
Women is an erotic classic. This wonderful read is about writer’s own memoir of sexual experience with ten women around the world. Claudine-the American whore, Lynn- the virgin, Odette-French girl, Florence , Laura, Marsha- Russian woman, Anne- Sales girl, Suzie- a Korean woman, Hisako-San- Japanese, Rita-German

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