1. Edition - April 2010
97.90 Euro
2010. 240 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1-4051-2291-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-2291-7 - John Wiley & Sons






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Detailed description
Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity examines the impact that sexual fantasies about the classical world have had on modern Western culture.
* Offers a wealth of information on sex in the Greek and Roman world
* Correlates the study of classical sexuality with modern Western cultures
* Identifies key influential themes in the evolution of erotic discourse from antiquity to modernity
* Presents a serious and thought-provoking topic with great accessibility

From the contents
List of Illustrations

Preface

Part I Roman Vice

1. Introduction

2. Naked Bodies

3. Obscene Texts

4. Erotic Rites

5. Imperial Biography

Part II Greek Love

6. Introduction

7. Greece

8. Rome and the West

9. Renaissance and Enlightenment

10. Nineteenth-Century and Beyond

11. Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index