Dictionary of Erotic Literature

This wide-ranging reference volume offers an in-depth survey of erotic themes through centuries of literary history. Representing cultures around the world and spanning from ancient times to the twentieth century, this A-to-Z guide explores one of the most universal and enduring themes in literature. Entries range from Ovid’s Ars amatoria , second-century Gnosticism, and ninth-century Arabian poets, all the way up to the explicit novels published in Paris in the 1960s. As Harry E. Wedeck explain