Foucault's Virginity: Ancient Erotic Fiction and the History of Sexuality (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521479349)

This is a study of how sex and sexuality were written about in the first centuries of this era, a central period in the history of sexuality. Writing with the same wit and verve as the ancient writers he engages with, Simon Goldhill shows how the standard accounts of sexuality in this period are distorted by ignoring the sexy, ironic and often bizarre texts of the ancient novel, erotic poetry and humorous dialogues.

Author: Simon Goldhill
ISBN-10: 0521479347
ISBN-13: 9780521479349
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/26/1995
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.45h x 5.39w x 0.65d