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Page 144
... sexual pleasure , and this préciosité is opposed to the masses ; its express purpose is " pour se rendre differents du vulgaire " ( 321 ) . In many respects , the entire orgy op- erates in direct and conscious opposition to the peasant ...
... sexual pleasure , and this préciosité is opposed to the masses ; its express purpose is " pour se rendre differents du vulgaire " ( 321 ) . In many respects , the entire orgy op- erates in direct and conscious opposition to the peasant ...
Page 176
... sexual instincts - the libidinous woman , aging lecher , lascivious monk , prostitute , and cuckold - appear , but ... sexuality in human experience , " it never expresses " fears over the brevity of time and inevitability of ...
... sexual instincts - the libidinous woman , aging lecher , lascivious monk , prostitute , and cuckold - appear , but ... sexuality in human experience , " it never expresses " fears over the brevity of time and inevitability of ...
Page 184
... sexual fantasies ; this ironically makes the speaker an erotic image sufficient unto himself . The subsequent ... sexuality if the author is neither to bore them nor to press his subject too close to them and thus make them lose the ...
... sexual fantasies ; this ironically makes the speaker an erotic image sufficient unto himself . The subsequent ... sexuality if the author is neither to bore them nor to press his subject too close to them and thus make them lose the ...
Contents
JOHN PORTER HOUSTON | 25 |
PHYLLIS K LEFFLER AND ELIZABETH M TILTON | 57 |
ROGER DUCHENE | 75 |
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