Contents
Contents
Acknowledgements
Note on Translations/ Editions
1 The Erotic Novel and Censorship in Twentieth-Century France
2 Pornography, Poetry, Parody: Guillaume Apollinaire's Les Onze Mille Verges
3 Sexual and Textual Excess: Pierre Louÿs's Trois Filles de leur mere
4 Masochism and Fetishism: Georges Bataille's Histoire de l'oeil
5 'O, Really!': Pauline Réage's Histoire d'O
6. Emmanuelle and the Sexual Liberation of Women
7 Progressive Slidings of Identity: Alain Robbe-Grillet's Projet pour une revolution a New York
8 Homotextuality: Tony Duvert's Recidive
9 'Enfin, une érotique féminine?': Two Contemporary Novels by Women
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