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The young son of the Chinese traders' association head, who dealt with foreign merchants in the port of Guangzhou, is suddenly burdened with the responsibility of his powerful family. A latter-day Baoyu, but with far stronger sexual impulses, this son must learn to tame his libido while conducting himself prudently in Guangzhou society. This little-known novel, titled Shenlou zhi, is translated here for the first time. Published in 1804, it is the earliest novel to deal with the opium trade and is closely connected to events that occurred in Guangzhou and Huizhou just before its publication: the arrival of a new superintendent of customs in Guangzhou and the outbreak of rebellion in Huizhou. This strikingly original work advances the culture of adolescence first depicted in Honglou meng and showcases, in its account of the rebellion, the romantic conventions of Shuihu zhuan.

Erotic stories, Chinese. --- Chinese erotic stories --- Chinese fiction

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Once there was a Quechua folktale. It begins with a trickster fox's penis with a will of its own and ends with a daughter returning to parents who cannot recognize her until she recounts the uncanny adventures that have befallen her since she ran away from home. Following the strange twists and turnings of this tale, Catherine J. Allen weaves a narrative of Quechua storytelling and story listening that links these arts to others—fabric weaving, in particular—and thereby illuminates enduring Andean strategies for communicating deeply felt cultural values. In this masterful work of literary nonfiction, Allen draws out the connections between two prominent markers of ethnic identity in Andean nations—indigenous language and woven cloth—and makes a convincing case that the connection between language and cloth affects virtually all aspects of expressive culture, including the performing arts. As she explores how a skilled storyteller interweaves traditional tales and stock characters into new stories, just as a skilled weaver combines traditional motifs and colors into new patterns, she demonstrates how Andean storytelling and weaving both embody the same kinds of relationships, the same ideas about how opposites should meet up with each other. By identifying these pervasive patterns, Allen opens up the Quechua cultural world that unites story tellers and listeners, as listeners hear echoes and traces of other stories, layering over each other in a kind of aural palimpsest.

Quechua Indians --- Quechua language --- Quechua textile fabrics. --- Foxes --- Tales --- Erotic stories --- Social aspects

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The name of the Marquis de Sade is synonymous with the blackest corners of the human soul, a byword for all that is foulest in human conduct. In his bleak, claustrophobic universe, there is no God, no morality, no human affection, and no hope. Power is given to the strong, and the strong are murderers, torturers, and tyrants. No quarter is given; compassion is the virtue of the weak. Yet Sade was a man of savage intelligence who carried the philosophy of the French Enlightenment to its logical extreme. His writings effectively release the individual from all social and moral constraint: for ma

Erotic stories, French --- Sadism in literature. --- French erotic stories --- French fiction --- Sade, --- De Sade, --- Marquis de Sade, --- Sad, --- Sade, D.-A.-F. --- Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, --- Sade, Donatien-Alphonse-François, --- סדגרוב, ג׳ודי, --- de Sade, Donatien Alphonse François --- Sade, Donatien Alphonse François de --- Donatien Alphonse François de Sade

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"In 2008, JH Phrydas wrote a story about how bodies talk without words. He wanted the story to not just describe the silent ritual of nonverbal communication but to perform it. The interaction would be visceral - the exchange melancholic, yet full of lust. He wanted words to retain the unsayable: the subtle movements of a body in heat. In the years since, Phrydas kept rewriting this story, using different techniques, different syntaxes and forms, in hopes that he would find a successful method of gestural writing. Imperial Physique is a collection of these attempts. They explore the way our bodies hover between animal and human, civil and wild. The bleakness - and underlying verve - of imagining Western empires in decline serve as a backdrop for a lone figure searching city streets, decaying architecture, and sand dunes for some type of physical connection. What arises is the loss of - and longing for - touch at the edges of imperialism, historical violence, and personal shame"--

Of specific Gay interest --- Gay studies (Gay men) --- Queer studies. --- Gay culture. --- Sexuality --- Fiction. --- Gender (Sex) --- Human beings --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexology --- Gay subculture --- Lavender culture --- Subculture --- Sex --- Erotic stories --- queer studies --- LGBT studies --- cruising --- writing --- desire --- sexuality --- theory fiction

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This title examines the origins of pornography in Britain and presents a comprehensive overview of women's role in the evolution of obscene fiction. Through various sources, it tracks the shifting politics of pleasure in 18th-century Britain.

English fiction --- Prostitutes in literature. --- Erotic stories, English --- Pornography --- Feminist literary criticism. --- Women in literature. --- Sex in literature. --- Woman (Christian theology) in literature --- Women in drama --- Women in poetry --- Literary criticism, Feminist --- Feminism and literature --- Feminist criticism --- Literature, Immoral --- Porn --- Porno --- Sex-oriented businesses --- Erotica --- Prostitution in literature --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Sexology --- Fiction --- History --- Great Britain --- Prostitution in literature. --- Prostitutes in literature --- Feminist literary criticism --- Women in literature --- Sex in literature --- History and criticism --- Sex industry --- Literature --- Sex work --- Book --- Eroticism