...Few pulses from 'heart of the matter', Or,
'purely, virily...a view'
; Pt one (from the two-part serie)
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”...
For a timid soul, exalted in silence and perpetually adolescent, what
more seductive depths could one plunge into than the eyes of the
loved one, and descend in thought and blissfully lose oneself
between the seaweed and the star?
The seduction
emanating from a person of uncertain or dissimulated sex is powerful.
Those who have never experienced it liken it to the banal attraction
of the love that evicts the male element. This is a gross
misconception. Anxious and veiled, never exposed to the light of the
day, the androgynous creature wanders, wonders, and implores a
whisper...It's half equal, man, is soon scared and flees. There
remains it's half equal, a woman. There especially remains for the
androgynous creature the right, even the obligation, never to be
happy. If jovial, there androgynous creature is a monster. But it
trails irrevocably among us its seraphic suffering, it's glimmering
tears. It goes from a tender inclination to the maternal adoption.
...”
”As
she went slowly across the empty campus she was conscious of a vague
tenderness for the scene spread out before her. It was so incredibly
lovely, so appealing, and so facile. The trees in their spring beauty
sent through her restive mind a sharp thrill of pleasure. Seductive,
charming, and beckoning as cities were, they had not this easy
unhuman loveliness. The trees, she thought, on city avenues and
boulevards, in city parks and gardens were tamed, held prisoners in a
surrounding maze of human beings. Here they were free. It was human
beings who were prisoners. It was too bad. In the midst of all this
radiant life. They weren't, she knew, even conscious of its presence.
Perhaps there was too much of it, and therefore it was less than
nothing.”
;
...of Quicksand
(novel by Nella
Larsen,
p1928. ; p. 15.)
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The Recommended Reading / Read(s):
(p.
1989, Allen Lane; 95 p.)
[Recommendation(s) V / 2015]
[ ; Pic
(Above right) ”...Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a
bumpy night.” ]
(...Bette
Davis, spoken line at All About Eve. - movie, 1950)
The
primordial intention, on this recom No
47, (was) to feature anything interesting and worth reading
from topics so exciting and especielt humaine:
sex, porn and what generally known to L'erotismo (or
eroticism, the 'pornography
of the elite', according to a good, simple definition
given.) ...If you accept that (definition), at least the continuously
discussed criteria between 'good' and 'bad', the pornographic and
erotic, favourably disappears (For
example, seems the brief definition on porn1.,
from Dictionary, read as: 'obscene
and exploitive depiction of erotic acts'.)
Of course, the above noted, mainly appears valid only if by it meant
refer to categories and distinctions about the public taste or
'common morals', purposefully maintained on any society.
So,
if we think this of any other perspectives, I neither see any
necessity of to separate the pleasures of the sense (individual
experience) and the flesh (the 'property' of the partner; or
partners, in case you happen enjoy the group things...) – only that
the modern eroticism
rarely bothers from any effort to actually cultivate any sensual
body. It's merely a field of erotique jokes (merely so due from
historical and present necessities...of the social kind.) Sensing
itself, or any sensuellism,
is undervalued in our society which mainly tolerates the expression
but not the
withdrawal...ie, in our days of
the 'liberal' views and values concerning sex, seems it often
(limitedly) permitted of showing any extravaganza, yet not of any
shame. ; Generally
(,'usually', quite a common attitude I think) on sex is allowed two
kinds of behaviours: active
and passive (Women,
'usually' appearing from 'favor' being 'conquered', as some
archetypical social 'norm', or, normative
a social scheme.) The woman therefore (at least it used to be so...)
considered to the passive 'participant'. Yet, no particular
(physical, or mental) necessity/reason makes that so.
'Steal' ; But I don't know
if there's much of any use from the above presented – it only some
definitions, terms. I only discussed that from to avoid any
commonplace use of the said, or normative language from these terms
used. For circumnavigating any obvious reefs on these 'erotic' seas
we may perhaps better move on...Yet, while noted the importance of
terms, why not also to mention in the same also of phrases;
(such as): 'Slave to (her) passions',
'Slut by nature'2.
; Also...'Lusful
as a bitch', 'Cute as a kitten',
and even smtgh as
innocent than 'Sweet as the cherrypie'...So
you see, sex is everywhere if one thinks solely language, fx. ; The
sexual 'appetites' are also, of course, usually quite individuelt
kind. Yet, the sexual 'attitudes' clearly are not. Soforth it's at
least good to know from where them may have origins from.
To some conclusive view after these pre-thoughts, I only think it
best from maintain some criteria
of my own...concerning anything of sexuelt and fictionalized in
particular. Actually the only advice I could offer to any reader for
pornographic/erotic fictions.
;
…I also recently fx happened notice a definition about – so
called - 'women's fiction'. Acc. the words on article by
Roxana Gay ('Beyond the
measure of men'), it a ”label
designed to sell a certain kind of book to a certain kind character”
And, (a few sentences after): somehow (there are) ”only
books by women or about certain topics that require this particular
'women fiction' designation” (Designs typically
featured at the covers, colouring, sexy or 'sexist looks' by the
woman, etc.); ...Of course I don't want to mess on this too much with
the said things - I practically not read any 'womens fiction'.
(Actually I don't see any reason why anyone should, but that not from
any discriminating assumptions or views.) But that may be also
just due because of the said reason, it packed on the said kind of
decorations. 'Camouflaged' under visibility...or, wrapped on
normatives (about sex), to put it briefly. The typical criteria, of
course, said for that 'holy demand' by the sales, these days.
(Sometimes often, the discriminitive and pejorative, hide under smght
like that.) ; However, what I think I do know for sure, is that
any labelling often leads for denials from any books real
contents, or from it's actual value. I mostly prefer reading anything
quite randomly, or rather decidedly and selective (and from various
kinds), but acc. my own choices.
;
Briefly, anything written mainly, or practically to sell, is also
usually respectable for those established norms – and as such
rarely worth from any interest. It also usually concerns majority,
almost any of these newly saleable pocket readings provided, I think.
And not surprisingly the porn, and erotic, always
appears been more of the area from pocket readings - Not even
anything called for 'good bad books', at least not smgth to any
'quality fiction'. (But, occasionally you might be surprised joyously.
For another positive side it mostly appears cheap. Anything cheap
is...cheap, no more, but at least rarely less.) Also that suffices
explain for me why there's often practically not anything worth a
read at the shelves reserved for 'porn-' or
'erotic'-fiction...unless the best books always on loan/bought
out. The (so called) popular taste not equals for anything strickly
low by quality, but it seems equal for generalizations of the social
attitude. What is 'popular' will have it's market, even if it a pure
crap - and as the 'erotic' sells mainly by book covers, at least so
is assumed, it quite fits to that category of the 'low'. Namely –
it would do bad for these temporary markets from provide
anything good. People might learn for to demand some
quality (erotic) – and then it would even be of necessicity to pay
some effort on anything else but the marketing and back-catalogue of
some stereo-typifications....
;
...Of course, one can't usually know beforehand (unfortunate but
unavoidable). Especially there it always a matter, ao, of how it
packed and perhaps sealed with certain label. (And more so, if
presented on some 'appreciated' publication-serie.) So I usually tend
glance the reviews like most people. Though, equally often I just
bypass them, and as well nowadays I rarely read the backcover texts
either, just opening the book of my interest from any random page –
to form my own opinions. Takes quite a lot reading, as the obvious
downside. ; Also, people these days a lot rely on the social
media(s) – So let's just offer along this mention from that a
good favouring remark by Orwell (...Who says that, on
someplace3.,
that often the reviews by regular people are more worth for
the author than any wrote by the 'professionals'. Any amateur usually
has had more time and more genuine interest for any particular book
considered, it said.) Quite much the same could be said of readers
benefit too... However, I think, it not so good advice
concerning anything on sex, esp. the fiction.
People usually
posses quite differing tastes, and also I've often noted that
common/regular appreciated stuffs are most often rather boring. The
fact is also that any good sex novel usually not features too
much any actual 'sex-scenes', etc...But anything labelled by
sex is usually typically exaggerated by it – over-filled, or
alternatively adverted much from w. less than nothing actually by
content. On the other hand, fx Harlequins, believe it not (and
I won't confess from reading them...much.), tend contain sex inserted
on quite 'proper' amounts – from amount to make otherways boresome
story a bit more seductive, and soforth it serves for more succesfull
a solution. (Them occasionally feature scenes wrote for bit pornish
in comparison to the regular level of an unreal romantized narration.
But any intentionally wrote 'pornifications' is often less convincing
due because it lacks any good, evidentual contrasts...like
most of the porn, actually. Even so, this not said to any
recommendation from those... )
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; ...But,
due this was to be about the erotic fiction - for some further
”definition”, I thought cite a few words from Angela Carter's
Sadeian woman (p. 1978. ...book a classic 'study' on that
famous sado-masochist, Marquies de Sade, 1740-1814):
”Since
sexuality is as much a social fact as it is a human one, it will
therefore change its nature according to changes in social
conditions. ...The sexual act in pornography exists as a metaphor for
what people do to one another, often in the cruellest sense; but the
present business of the pornographer is to suppress the metaphor as
much as he can and leave us with a handful of empty words.
Pornographic pictures, movies and narrative fiction are pure forms of sexual fiction, of
the fiction of sex, where this operation of alienation takes place
most visibly.” (;
p. 19)
;
...Nothwithstanding, (that) there's much of truth on Carter's
(view/definitions), esp. that any common/commercialized porn
(fiction) in overall is mostly suppressing and mainly 'reactionarist'
(Subordinate to a prevailed social condition), I also think that
there arts/fiction where the sexuelt and erotic (or 'porn') adopts a
bit different function(s). Say...if we wish from avoiding any typical
externalisations of the sexualitet (of body/mind), and have a
bit from of 'real' anima4.,
instead of the more usual 'animalisms' (That not considered from less
worth, if positively understood.) – We may need look elsewhere too,
than just for social role of any conventional pornographism (Which
also is probably, somewhat, less conventional by variety of
reflected attitudes/sexisms than around the 1970s discussions...) ;
Also,
at least we could also add on that the sex (on any written or viewed
form, obscene or romanticed, the brutal or natural, any way one
wishes...) also is quite dependable of/about the medium
it presented by – at least as much as any social codes it serves,
or the actual 'labels' and cultural values it placed to serve.
For
example...I (sort of) noted the same distinction btw any erotic and
porn, observed for quite artificial and then in the same also
(slight) defended that said overt 'sexism' (/porn) 'inherent' at the
comics. (On the introduction for some recent published albums on
history of the Erotic Comics, two volumes, by Pilcher).
As an art-form comics5.,
seems it said, also were quite overlooked from their early beginnings
(...part of a common legend these days, merely, but wasn't so in the
pasts.)
As their development also been ever since from early begins,
at the 1920s and subsequent decades, that much affected on formation of the said status from art-form 'low' and 'cheap'...Also natural ground for
any 'sexism', any pornographic imaginations. Therefore,
notice that comics as medium often in the past did permit a bit more
freedom on depicting topics that've otherways were considered of
questionable morals, or unspoken topics; Comics, like the
'comical pics'. So comics also were soon, variably at the different countries, to be suppressed by several
moral guards. (By the time 'comics-code' was still maintained on
publishing, at least on U.S.) ; To some example from their (comic's)
capability from to challenge any 'proper morals', picked from that for
example the beside mag cover from the 1960s (mag 'Phoebe's
zeit-geist'). It said for an
early serie, where typically sexually irritating material and
'socially questionable' topics quite successfully handled - any drawn stories within the limits of the said prevailed moral codes. Seems on it some effort where 'cheap' and some sexistically loaded scenes, along with monsters type from then popular horror films, were blended for more usual comics adventurist tale. (From
drawing-style seems resembled sort of Rip Kirby' b/w-stylish newspaper sunday stories from 1950s, about. ...In the said adventures the story's
'heroine' fx was whipped and put through under all kinds of sadistic
scenes.) ...The mag's cover (beside) also seems for delicately drawn
parody about some from my early comic-story favorites, that giant
robot-ape Mytek (earlier recoms here)...Or, so it
makes me suppose. Some humours referring to the more renown ('established') comics-series seems been common at the time, along the 1970s fashionable 'scifism'. ; Obviously I don't mean to say the comics as medium from any lesser quality, or that it wouldn't demand any less 'artistry'
compared for the erotic writing. (Only that a good erotic/porn may be
equally rare, or random, on comics too, but also it been very
integral part on comics from their early begins. As result, often was
'developed' for more various purposes, not necessary reactionarist of
the social function, but quite contrary.)
; ...Yet,
it of course so that people quite much read comics due from their certain
sexism. Especially men, as the drawings of the female body appear perhaps a
most favored subject, and what any story traditionally built from to
circle around. And why not, isn't it a sensuelt, stylish, an
eye-pleasing object/subject for drawing/viewed ? Besides, almost
with no exception anything erotic, or even more so, porn,
looks much better on the comics than at photographs.
('Guess we can allow ourselves to this much praising the pictorial arts...)
...Although, after all it's also often quite as obvious how much these
drawn lines usually created of to please malish imagination. At
least quite as noticeably than is the said
'rebellious nature' of the comics against the standards by (any) common morals. Didn't, any case, in the
long run prevent so much the general fall of markets towards that suffocating,
capitalizing (exaggerated, over-sized) bosom of the great
Mother Money (Mmmmm...you possibly know the meaning of that
far better than me; bought, markets sniffed, spoiled.) Albeit, (the little that I comics by recent times viewed), seems it during few last decades yet emerged also from tendency again for the less expensive and more inventive kind, probably. But even so, it anyways still an aspect worth mention the comics also having capability from to offer about sex(-es, female or male) a more 'natural' impressions, than/compared to the written word.
; ...But I
actually meant not to say much on comics here, in the first instance,
or at all. Besides, quite as noticeably not all comics, or even most,
appears anymanner 'adult-oriented', or contains sex. Fx, on my early
memoir about the comics, or the general feelin' from reading,
collecting, exchangin' them as young kid...But let topic be from now.
Anyway, if one can learn anything
from the pasts, any demystification
of the sex is more often than not quite recommendable. (Holy
combination of sex and commerce all too much everywhere elseways...)
In that sense the comics always had an important function in society.
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'Borrow'
; ...Guess we should now consider some from our attention on
'Recoms' of this part. To mention, it may be made clear that it not
anything erotic we're here discussing about – The main
reason to these just from a reason anything quite suitable, good
erotic novels I didn't find for this first sequel:
; Of
Sonntag; I only notice that it probably only some
realism to feature on these (texts), a book w. the main topic
on veneral disease. Or, the diseases generally and the
metaphorical distortments attached to (those). Essay appears quite
renown and while perhaps a bit less actuel by now (It said, fx, that
nowadays from some time disease itself, Hiv, has been curable, at
least the methods from it's treatment w. the proper medical care has
been reached.) ; ...And even that I think somewhat differently about
some referred sources/topics, certainly it for read is well-worth the
praises text having received since the time it appeared.6.
Soforth, having only reread it for some reminder at
this particular instance, I'm not saying more on that.
; In
contrast, from Colette I actually meant to
write a lot more to this. Namely, Colette was her times appreciated
and renown fictionalist, but is by now (relative) little so – but
in early 1900s, she was some 'forerunner', or for most 'liberal
femine person' (...Carter's Sadeian writings here referred, a
'libertine' would sound a bit too...nihilistic.). Yet, it
noted too she never from had much, or at all, identified for then
emerged early feminism itself. ; As a writer she was rather
productive work-a-holic; Colette seems authored (penned, published by
her name or formerly under a 'patronage') some near 50 novels or
other fictional text - plus the usual journalisms, letters. ; But
actually I chanced to find her writings almost by accident, and quite
soon I was, sort, captured by her foremost quality (...Namely, her
inventive and unreplicable use of the language. It seems noted
Colette being practically untranslatable from her unordinary,
sometimes self-invented terms and unique expressions by her native
french. (As I've only read her on translation, and only a fewsome of
her novels, this a good excuse not going any deeper for her novels
characteristics...Even that their social setting, that emotional
landscape of the wealthy and the 'leisurous classes', appears
apparently rather old-fashioned from present view.)
;
Concerning the Pure and Impure we shall also, therefore, limit
ourselves to a few overall remarks. Insufficient these are, but I
take for the main background Colette's own definition of book's
content; ”my personal contribution
to the sum total of our knowledge of the senses” (;Via from
Thurman's preword to text.) It seems also said the book been
Colette's own favorite among her many novels. (Acc. Thurman, Colette
considered novel 'In 1941, and
several times and thereafter...to be her finest work, and the one
most likely to endure.') Reader is likely to agree too. ;
...Said also the text at first was serialized (like her usual manner
in 'chronic shortage of cash'), and put on '...popular
journal of politics and culture which was not yet, though it would
soon become, a pro-Nazi propaganda vehicle.' (;
referred preword, p. xii). But, publication soon was abruptly cut
short on texts first installment at 1930s. , in response to 'outrage
of certain conservative readers'. ...Only later on, then
during the occupation on war years (at 1941) her re-edited final
version was then published as book. ...One can't avoid of notice the
several peculiarities on these events, even more so when learning
details about Colette's life during that war-era. (There exist
apparently several biographies, like usual. I only glanced this, of
shortly.) ; ...Generally she seems noted mostly not cared about any
politics, or remained cold on that 'humanity's downward path' at the
time (Considering her character, life history and the overall circumstances of the time, I can hardly imagine whether that
could've even been any manner differently.)
; Book
begins w. novel-resembling description, yet soon (after first
chapters) narration sort of shows that it wrote just for disguise her
real intentions – From describing her discussions w. some
'subjects' of her curiosity and those in relation to her
contemplations from (their) 'emotional register'...and of that on
more general level. (Namely, the said characters contain fx
homosexuels, lesbians, Don Juans, high-class 'coquettes' or other types of the high-class woman celebrities from excessive immorality, etc...ao.)
There's also many parts where the said acquaintences and
'commentators' seem referred by their real names, and she also makes
not any effort from conceal her own persona on the said
discussions.(But the book not considered for any key-novel of it's
time.) She also gets quite much socially interesting
out of her characters,
while most value perhaps on historically exploring the said 'impure'
topics, quite 'uncartographed' by her time of writing. ;
...Considering, the manner book gathered, mostly of the manner
it treats those 'subjects', dialogues w. them and via her narrative
contemplation accompanying, it has -sort from, some - resemblance for
other 'human galleries' of the early 20th century.
Actually, this combination, a bit, reminds me of that (ca y. 1932)
movie Freaks, that contained a presentation of people 'with
disfigurements' (...on a circus or smtgh. A movie
'banned
on numerous countries', at the time mostly from
it's choice of topic. And you can't possibly find more suitable
example about typical 1930s atmosphere.) ; ...Probably due from that
the general change for the 'purer' morals, by the time, at the time
society emergently increasing was/or had begun from interrogate any
people from diverging from the then existed common 'reality' (...on
many countries, at least, and not just on the renown fascist,
dictatorist. After the war years, perhaps already by the 1930s
incidents, those views were soon quite much reconsidered, of
course...) ; So, maybe her selection of the topic possibly also had
somewhat wider scope by description than seemingly high middle-class
or 'rich and bored' life-styles' and disappointing passsions
depicted. It also rarely falls for any apparent artificiality, or
say, to any emotional incredibility7.).
; Textually
on Pure and Impure sometimes has quite much of
a...sensualisation - yet the general tone is not anyhow overtly of
that. Mostly it still remains very readable, and rewarding.
(Precisely her exploration, also of her novels, not goes for any
erotic scenes, but depiction is about the passions/senses by humans.
).
One can
probably shortly say that the result wouldn't been a 'purer' view on
the sexual passions and emotions – at least considering the said
limits of the time when it written, also those publication
obscenities/period (esp.), and in the light of her own character's
particularity. Yet her contemplations are quite timid, indeed
interesting from observations of the 'emotional register', and seem
of quite honest. From some difference to fx many her
comtemporary/more modern writers, she also really can pour much life
on her words – even if it bitter occasionally, maybe sarcastic too.
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; ...From
Bataille there's
neither very much said at this, having read only limitedly
anything of the man or from his life-story. Like
often in case from writings of Bataille, apparently, the text some
mixture of pornographic/sexuelt themes and of the philosophical
'speculations' (In case one can call his style or writing to
something like that.) ...While not anyhow explicit or particularly
pornographic by any present standards, certainly an interesting
aspect about Madame
Edwarda
is that it was 'pre-censured' by author, earliest editions not
appearing w. Batailles name. (Seems noted then that the text was
earliest anonymously
published
- very much in the manner any old pornography always been. ...And,
only to reappear later w. false
name,
and still later (I assume) after Bataille having gained more
officielt acceptance, the final reprints having featured him as the
author of text. ) ; Bataille also
considered for a widely read 'philosophical' writer8.
still on more recent times, fx said for
having influenced various renown 'cornerstones' for the modern
intellect – mainly french, of course, and particularly some known
from theories on the matters from sexualitet, and/or of social
historical and psychological theories important, (by names, ao,
Foucault, Lacan, Derrida, Heidegger.)
...And on more modern studies on the history of the
sexualitet/sexual body.9.
Anyhow,
maybe, also something on the said story (Madame
Edwarda), which also makes it more exicting
is that narration features scene on graveyard – (Possibly, that even
(made intentionally for) necessary concealment in during the strickt standards of officielt
morality of the (De) Gaullist France.) The french,
historically and sensually, are usually considered for rather
'liberal' and sensuelt unprejudided, acc. the usual views or characterizations concerning sex. ; However, as a previous example about Colette
also would seem to tell, there's limits for any open-mindedness in
relation to criteria of social acceptability, on any time or era. Our
days would perhaps seem very free and tolerant what comes to the
stimulants of the senses (sexual 'appetites', say). Yet, if you consider
that from the perspective of any 'sexual liberation', the outright
impression maybe somewhat...disappointing. ; In comparison for the modern praisings from any pleasures of the flesh
(at least on adverts, mostly of the malish view-point), any drawn or
written word examining and contrasting
the pleasures (/extremes) from/on aspects about life and the death (,or the
afterlife...), of course, appears every (imaginable) manner lot more convincing. (Such like from this case, part of Bataille's 'story' situtated on cemetery.) (In
fact, more sexy...in
case you understood I mean by this not any popular vampyrologies et
sim fashionable 'sexuelt-but-not-teethed' type schemes.) So, they seem say, the graveyard always is quite saucy place. It often has, actually,
more life than much of that modern consumerised, capitalized flesh.
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'Beg'
; ...On a short mentions from any actual sex fiction, seems we're
now merely obliged provide a few 'picks' - In fact, these neither,
or only few of em' consist solely from any usual pornifiction or typical
'erotic'. (Traditional erotic writings were often sold w.
'under the desk'-method, and much of that what published, usually anonym, also been from quite low quality. ...And the plain truth of it, quite much the common
sold/lot praised also is/was. Exceptions
may exist, or some we at least hope from find, perhaps, on that second
sequel from this.)
;
...Resultatively, by their style or quality most old 'classics' are
typically of (comparative) boring, and disappointing from any fiction
writing. The most usual story centering around an innnocent poor
girl arrived to town, where she's deteriorated and ending for whore
houses (almost of natural following by her
very 'natures'), the story following her in
the arms of as many men as lenght of story can provide. Perhaps most
typical popular story Fanny Hill
by Cleland (p. 1748).
- It also says smtgh
about erotic fiction itself as the said book originally was sold of
a small sum by its author, yet became soon in time 'enormously
succesfull', later also copied for numerous replication, etc.... ;
...But in short, the usual general structure w. often sentimentalist
dramatique, 'inmoralities', and sex scenes accompanying the poorly
constructed romantique plot. ...Actually not wasn't ever before too
original or rarer story-plot on a more valued 'quality fiction' works
(Some featuring not any particularly wrote scenes or
depictions from sexual encounters.) Fx Defoe's
novels (like the Moll Flanders, p.
1922, or; Roxana, the fortunate mistress,
p. 1724), have just resembling plot tied around the moralizing
'peeps' to a fall and unavoidable corruption of a femine, (often) from some noble birth, but of questionable morality, albeit also a victim to unlucky
'circumstances.' (Even that his heroines might
occasionally reflect other moral sentiments, motherly affection, endurance and ambitions, etc.). ; ...Since most from it been written by men, this of
course not
anyhow surprising. (Actually, it all becomes bit more interesting
from recognition that anyone usually writes better from a topic one
knows well.
At least my few readings on these examples mentioned seem, sort
from, give that impression...)
; ...This maybe well also is considered to an apparent reason for lack from
any variety or much the same kind schematism on more modern stories,
women's depiction, and elsemuch on any sex fiction. ; ...It is of
course quite typical to modern (sex) 'classics', for example brings
mind writers like Henry Miller (1891-1980) or Charles
Bukowski (1920-94). ...Even that neither any typical
pornographists, perhaps we can allow some merit on these 'malish,
pornish boys' - On Bukowski's part that maybe mainly due his
intentional (sexist) banalism. For he brings to it's extremes
anything said, showing the 'phantasies' and makes that way visible
the unrealism of a usual (male) erotic imagination, even that
anything on narration never goes beyond the limits from conventional
sovinist criterias, or women hatred (apparent on much) – ie the usual
'sluts', blow jobs and the repeated stories concerned on
adulterisms. The Post Office (p. 1966) maybe best known novel,
while his short-stories perhaps more worth a view (Anything of that
kind soon bores, though, since can't offer much variation btw
the first sheet and the last page...but at least he
occasionally succeeds make it all quite laughable.) ; ...on Miller's
fiction, the sex and irritative language were merely
harnessed/presented by mean of to tear apart the limiting, and often
perverted, social values by his time (So Tropic of Cancer, p.
1935, is bit questionable example from any erotic novel at all. Yet
it still regularly seems featured if one searches by that term. Also,
the book probably now feels bit more commonplace novel than on the
era of it's publication. So only mentioned.) ...But, in short,
obviously on both cases the main aspect that anything wrote is so
much hampered by the said limits and weaknesses of these
(above noted) 'conventions' of the erotic/pornographic fiction.
...And as I think neither not particularly good writers (weren't yet
completely bad), simply put, nowadays the similar machoisms
targetfully wrote with sex scenes rarely even have any...same
quality. Doesn't exclude that any
modern sex fiction, esp. some decomposing the referred sexism,
wouldn't provide many better examples, probably, only that I've not
read much any of those.
; ...But
therefore (my acquintance on this relative recent and limited) I only
in passing mention few other 'popular classics' of pasts. On 1970s
movies lot popularised Emmanuelle-novels
(p. 1959, First sequel perhaps not quite so mediocre as the
follow-ups, or in comparison to several movies made of it...After the
1980s and the Aids, it merely been seen to an advert from at that time
fashioned emerged sex tourism.) ; And probably unavoidable also to
mention of any 'modern classics' the Nabokov's
Lolita (p. 1955), but it some time since I
read that (so nothing else much from say).
; Yet, any
good classics of the erotic fiction are likelier from to be found of
stories wrote prior 20th
century. Therefore I also read fx Musset's
(A., 1810-57) Gamiani
(p. 1835). ...Not that it would avoid any typical caveats
from the said kind (priorly noted typicalities, fx the usual narration from the innocent 'victim' and the 'greedy bitch'
for some schematic extremes presented about women). But the book
seems said intentionally written with the purpose to avoid most
typical sexual phraseology, and any usualities from stimulative
language. (...Brings along the earlier noted questions of how limited
are the means any written sex fiction can use. Namely, just think
about how uncredible
it actually is from describing any sex act solely by words, fx w. the
usual banalities like: '...Yes! Oh,
no...please don't...no, don't stop. ...Oh! Please...'
, etc.) ; ...So, Gamiani
some experiment of it's kind, and considering that the result is not
at all too bad - And also the end is at least funny laughable.
Actually, I almost considered it for some alternate choice to these
selections. Yet, I considered more decidedly that maybe book owns
smght lot for it's predessors (which I've not read), so not...
;
...Another good example for selection that passed my consideration
was that early vampyre-novellette by Sheridan
Le Fanu, Carmille
(p. 1872. ...But mainly due it's delicate treatment of a lesbist
theme. Book falls merely out of any erotic literature specifically,
but that theme used skillfully on it.) ; All in all, on the 19th
century fiction, there's of course several efforts by the number of
(relative) renown authors, fx, could mention, by Flaubert,
Apollinaire, Swinburne, Beardsley...All
having experimented by the era from 'sensationelt' sexual themes and
w. humours included - Yet, 'suppose, maybe much on these were
considered more worth than similar material by authors from less
merits. (Typical anyway, that often their efforts too were published
anonymously, and perhaps also often did have some references of the
Orient (fashionable at the time), also usual are fx exaggeration, or
sort of 'pervertment' of sexual topics – or anything beyond the
common good taste.) ;
Along any from the said general conventionalisms
another aspect
worth some notice is the fact that in the older (1800s, esp.) porn
fiction - of course, mainly some of the 'low taste' - ie what was
targeted for wide publics, not wrote for any 'quality erotic',
etc...Usual some 'exotic' stories where (usually) the briton
gentlemen
go unprevented exhibiting and satisfying their sexual
desires and dreams. (...Typically, albeit perhaps there were equally many such cheap books of the imperialist 'travelers', only that British writers
perhaps generally sold on wider markets or were more translated, I
guess...) (The above referred meaning chasing innocent, pure virgins and also
equally often characteristically the text may have presented/contained racial and
scornful views.)
Probably there much modern comparables, if not quite similarly resembling. But actually, the said have somewhat much in common with cheap
romantique, not solely due the notably distorted perverted morality
expressed. ...Not that I'd recommend any such filth
to anyones readings, I only notice that worth some mention on this.) ; Then, in the pasts (also by somewhat more modern efforts) on the
19th
century a popular form of sex-narration, were the diaries,
typically fictional and (assumedly) from some authentism,
sometimes/often. Anyhow, apparently, that mainly what made them
popular, rumoured from described erotic 'pursuits' of certain renown
authentic figures (usually the high class woman, ...but w. several
variations or exceptions from the rule, likely.)
;
...Of course, on basis of the above referred examples, could one then
even expect men from ever having wrote smght worth the read,
concerning the sex/porn, or the female, or the erotique more
generally ? ...Possibly, yet I must also to admit that any good
women writers always been even less renown to me. (Even that from my
recent reads, actually the best depictions on the sex actually have
been wrote by women, as I've noted of books erotique and
precisely not particularly erotic...) ; Anyway, I've fx not read any
of those collections from short fiction by Anaís Nin (Erotica,
and Little birds) that
seem appreciated. (The stories apparently wrote around 1930s, to
-50s, maybe?). Neither not having read the more modernised erotic
'adult fairy tales', w. some thematics of/from the SM, pornographic
sexuelt phantasy, or smght resembling, ie those books by Anne
Rice on her Sleeping
Beauty-series. (p. btw 1983-5.).
; ...Plus whatever else there may have been, or might be
worth some view. ; However, now to end up our random picks
shortly, we may close this recom. Pephaps the prospected follow-up
then shall provide more coherent view or permit finding a few actual
sex-erotic book to recom.
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'Bargain' ; One could
probably pay lots of the references/words on the topics from the bit
less commonly ”accepted” behaviours related on sex (Anything what
usually arouses some argument, such as the Bondage/SM, female
abuse, any sovinism, sexual disturbance on the workplace, the high
heels, animal magnetism, humane unmorality concerning the sexual and
romantique generally, nymphomanism/frigidity, fetishes...) ...But
in fear from any stigmatization for any favorer of the
mentioned practises, I think it better us keep silent on any of
those. ; ...Besides, here somewhat above noted/discussed
commercialization of the sex is obviously on every
level far more apparent a factor in the permanence of the established
normative categorism the society tends treat any sexual matter.
...Fox example, just think that there a number of sexual 'habits',
attitudes, and -commerce that
are, often justified, considered quite socially threatening -
some of that openly condemned, while some, maybe, even is - openly or
less so – encouraged. (...The said include fx such things as
pedophilia, any sexual cruelty, sexual violence, violent porn,
child porn, prostitution, the
'teenage lust' (/in contra the common adverted 'lust
for the teen bodies'), sex slavery, etc, ao.)
;
...Concerning our short notes on sex fiction, probably also
worth noting that instead from letting the body and mind (yours, or
anyones) from being 'sold' on that social 'whole-sales', or in the
ever expanded commercial sex market, it better cultivate some more
inspirative views on the sex. In fact, noted sometimes it said that
nowadays probably more imaginative of to sexitize anything else but
oneself. Since, there are lots eroticism (damn, that word
again...) on a few glances, or fx reading a few pages of a good
sex-novel (...in case you can find some, since that was noted an
exceptional case...), or from fx picking a few fruits of the grocery
desk...or anything else one can think - In short, good sex is
something you don't have to pay (anything much), it always been so.
And in truth very cheap, but don't let yourself be cheated.
(And not solely for the 'chosen ones', either.) (; W-G.)
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'Overhaul'
[ The Notes]
1.
; ...Of these terms...seems
it also said that the word (porn) actually been derived, not
directly, but owes likely it's earliest origins to the [Greek] word
porné-
which simply translates for a 'harlot'. (In contrast, already the
word erotic
contains a much wider and more sublime meaning(s) - ie [Gr]
erôtikos,
said derived of word erôs,
or erôtos,
'love'. - At least acc. the definition on dictionary.) ;...Of / for a
wider explanation, seems it also by origins (...apparently?) derived
of(, or etymologically it a derivative from) word 'pornocracy'
– which (acc. Cassell's)
'n. The rulé or
domination of harlots, as in the government of Rome, during the 10th
cent.'
;
...But once interested ourselves on terms,
why not also view the definition about term that also appears quite
interesting concerning aspects here discussed, namely (the word)
metaphor
–
It (again
acc. dictionary)
'a figure of speech by which a word is
transferred from one object to another, so as to imply comparison'.
[;
Cassell's]
; ...While I'm not too sure of the exactness by any of these transl.
meanings/terms, of course is usually interesting from notice what the
words any common terms/speech typically leave out from mention, or
how the original meanings might change in time.
2.
; B-t-w:
This seems quite interesting (pejorative) phrase...I've known, a few,
but some sort of sluts,
and, I've seen (somewhat) of the
Natures
– But never
the two in combined.
; Of course, biologically thinkin' any promisquity, by males or
females, isn't anyhow rare at Natures. (While, I think, from simple
necessity, probably, on most species it seem more common from
males...Yet, renownly fx
Darwin
was bit horrified or ashamed of the relative opposite examples what
comes for birds, fx.) ; But, this said combination,
itself sounds lot more to smgth rather monstrous
and like very unfavorable (...Considering the same biological
reasons, namely. Also supposin' that the
phrase,
at least partly, might have it's roots on 19th
centurian natural history, and by the time prevailed judeo-christian
patriarchaist moralitity, or moralitets,
...ao.) ; ...Guess', these thoughts from no particular importance
here...Yet, inspired to think about that, perhaps, was from that I
recently happened view some old (...about of early 20th centurys)
prewords to a 19th
centurian novel. (And on that was discussed about novels author,
whom had married a prostitute, from having impregnated her priorly).
And – those prewords interesting solely due the open underrating
(or apparent wider cultural bias, it seemed tell from) of this
unlucky prostitute, who was described of no chance to turn from a '
course that nature
had
set
on her'
(Italics
added.) – ie, her having then died some time postward the marriage
on alcoholism. (Biased,
obviously, very determined views, very erring). ... 'Cause Nature
practically never
sets any course
on anything. If it selects – like the common term, natural
selection – that neither ever even is too predeterminined a
process. More often the results are quite surprising,
contradictional. In short, not any one-way street, not tends favor
any unambigiously prevalent 'traits' in the said 'selection'. (But
this not too relevant to these things...and of course any resembling
social darwinisms been rejected since long ago. But the case in point
at this is, how much the single word altered actual meaning of the
said. Namely the nature is often as good an auctoritet than some
people consider God, fx. Referring on that you express from having
some evidentual knowledge about how
the Nature really works...and in reality it rarely the case, people
very little do.)
3.
...I think
it on 'Confessions of the book
reviewer',
(possibly)
publ. at the late from 1930s. (On vol. 1 from The
Collected essays…,
etc.) ; Anyway, on
'In defense of the Novel'
(Coll.
Essays...,
v. 1 ;p. 281-7), he makes practically similar remarks:
”For
even if there were no question of bribery, direct or indirect, there
can be no such things as good novel criticism so long as it is
assumed that every
novel is worth reviewing. ...A
man who is not a practised writer but has read the book which has
deeply impressed him is more likely to tell you what it is about
than a competent but bored professional.”
(Italics
by Orwell.)
4. ;
Acc. the Dictionary-definition (here too relied on it, not from elsewhere
checked...), the Anima
would interpret for 'n.
(Psych.) a person's true inner self; the feminine aspect of themale
personality. [L. Mind, soul]'
[;
Cassell's] ; Although, I'm not much of a beliver to any psychological
explanats...
5.
; A point-of-view (on comics too), of course,
that the word 'porno-graphic'
also has quite lots in common
with any early origins of the graphic and 'comicesque' pictorials.
(For example, it usually noted that on antique towns, preserved roman
ruins most typically, there tended be some graphical descriptions, or
sexual 'signs', showing any visitors of the town where situated the
local brothels.) ; ...More
distantly, and while now here said already quite much on written
words and images in combined
- there's perhaps few other aspects to mention about, related or not
much to this. Precisely, that every device
(or, any channel) that mixes picture and text appears usually
considered for more evidentual and the presented said taken as such,
from to state some actual ”truths” (...I-o-w: the comics,
fx, are perceived for funny
unrealistic, offensive sometimes,
caricaturist,
but not any manner from expressing 'distorted' views on the realities
them might represent. No matter how fantastical or imaginous
impossible are scenes them might depict – that is still considered
from to have smtgh
to do with the actual reality. Same might
be said/concern all fictional, of course, but the pics have
capabilitty posses viewer's attentions more influensively for a
momentum.) Likely, of quite the same reason tv-adverts (et sim.)
appear from so enthusiastically believed as effective manner for
marketing. ...What is perhaps less likely and apparently
exaggerated is the capability of a pictorial narration from to
transform anything presented (objects, products) for worth some
desirability and 'lusting'. (...It has some capacity, possibly, only
to arouse any physical, or 'biologal' needs that are targeted –
such as the hunger, sex. And, of course, the kids
may be more adjustable to such 'tactics'.) In that sense on some past
decades popularised 'whole-sale consumerism' (or the increase of a
life-style marketing), merely desperate efforts from capture buyers
'total' attentions, since the traditional methods quite poor succes
on consumerizing the peoples tastes(...supposedly.) ; But, of some
interests, also fx that, in the adverts – much similarly than on
comics – seems it taken for granted and allowed exaggerate,
falsify,
(almost) anything seems permitted from to keep viewer captured by the
pictorial phantastication (And, also seems, we
don't generally
feel for any actual distaste from that, only some obvious
resentment
about the usual boringness
of it all.) ...Even any open
lies
seem
accepted and possible to render
to smtgh presented as smght evidentual
and unfalsified. - Yet, however, the said technique (from pics and
textual narration, and what any comics
artist perhaps might know, I suppose) serves the imagination only up for certain limit,
until it's effectivity turns against itself. And , fx, I think that noted for a
reason why after the
Chernobyl
and Bhopal-disasters
(at the 1980s), consumers not been obliged of to receiving any
adverts by the nuclear- and chemial-industries. (...At least not
here, can't say from any other regions or countries. And,
of course the said not any inventions of my own, while I don't at the
moment recall the source where I did read about that.) ;
...Presently, already by some time of course, there's been various
rivalling channels to tv, and (as I recall it assumed...) I think we
did predict the TV's disappearance, or it fusing for the emerged
newer information highways around sometime from the 2030s/40s –
happily awaiting that. (...You maybe noticed that I'm not much of a
believer for the 'media education', either.)
6.
; (Only to mention) but there's, I think, at
the -78 published earlier essay by the name
'illness as Metaphor'.
It may be even more out-dated now, and noted on this mainly from
reference to (perhaps) on the past decades more actuelt themes – ie
some about medicalisation of the life at wider level, ...the
healhcare-systems, the 'medical ethos' and all about that general
attitude on thinking of the contrasts, such as the
health/sickness,ao... ; Actually I noted that essay perhaps more
interesting to read due from it's wider references on past centuries,
ao. (Main subject is on the differences from concepts and
metaphorical medical language, of the time, used fx in relating to
diseases such as tuberculosis and cancer,...ao.)
7.
; ...For
example, in the latter part from the book (a short cite)
”...O
innocents! ...may find they are givers of life. Shall I ever know
what I take from those who have trusted me? Did I owe them nothing
more than to warm them? ...Scruples come to me, as usual, by
extrahuman routes. The feeling had grown in me that I owe a debt to
the animals which have dedicated their brief existence to me. Am I
their guardian? My role is more nearly raptorial.”(;
p. 165.) - Where
she exaggerates her own pains about being the mediator for the
described denied and hidden passions of these people referred...Or
(it about) herself being in 'debt' to them as some 'documentarist'
for the said 'forbidden' desires...but my brief notes perhaps also
might a bit overemphasize the books unconventionalism on the said
time ('cause 1930s wasn't any Victorian era, while perhaps equally
hypocritic by morals, no doubt of that...). ; Apparent at least is
that while there on her writing (practically) contains very little
anything 'abusive', or practically nothing from any sexual
descriptions at the text – it seems yet been in those social
circles considered too peculiar for, or at least not quite unproper
to common moral. ; ...Colette's compassion on animals also was an
integral part of her persona, while maybe merely better renown to her
closer peoples, and not similarly of her 'public character' (Yet, on
her case these quite inseparable, quite impossible define without
considering each other...)
8.
; ...Some
claims seem say that Bataille actually did consider this short piece
to text his most ambitious writing. But, actually my own original
purpose to this, was from his text that w. no
restraint
plays also with sexuelt-racial views by the time and (apparently)
openly disgraces those. Or so it said, at least, namely the
essay/writing referred Histoire de
L'oeuil
(p 1928.) (Also, features other interesting thematics concerning
these things...like the name would say. But, of course then, the
transl. by the time I viewed, wasn't available for us to view.)
9.
; ...The following not any manner (much) relating for these discussed
views (on eroptic, sex and porn), but it a worth quote a few words -
but briefly – from historical conceptions to the femine body.
Ie, those contrasts about life
and death,
beauty
and decay
(of the body) were at past more often than today directly linked to
conditions reflecting to persons worth, or virtue, in this life too –
along the more generally recognized dominance of the religious life
and views. ; Fx
(at pasts)
”...beauty
was often a strongly negative factor, one that could lead to what
Georges Bataille would later call a 'desire for defilement' and
destruction, a desire most fully and internally chronicled by the
Marquis de Sade at the end of the early modern period.
Once
a woman's beauty had disappeared and its powerful effect was
forgotten, it became suspect. Her body was associated with death,
whose grimacing, sexless skeleton, staring at her from beyond the
mirror, already held decaying but still bedized body in its embrace.
… The skeleton's embrace was absolute, far more intimate than any
anonymous embrace, because death and decay were the promise of a
future contained within the beautiful body itself, underneath the
skin.
Later,
the image of the woman gazing at herself in the mirror shed its more
terrifying connotations at the whole concept of female beauty was
reinterpreted in the Renaissance.
...Ideal,
changeless beauty was also suspected of being empty or vain or
spiritless or soulless or uncultivated, silent because it had nothing
to say. Or it might turn out to be cold and deceitful. ” ;
”The
Beautiful Woman”
(by Nahoum-Grappe, on A History of Women, V. III Enlightenment and
Renaissaince paradoxes. p. -94 ; p. 98-99)
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Pics:
(Excluding those mentioned at text.) ;
'Phoebe's
Zeit-Geist' (magazine cover) - via from book referred on text, Erotic comics. The illustrated
history. ; comics screen (detail) from Comédie
Pornography Sentimentale
(Beauilleu) ; Shoes,
(detail, of erotic drawing-art by Willie, 1950s - pic via from the Er. Comics. ; Jazz-poster
from late 1920s (detail) - of
Albertson's biography on Bessie Smith, 'Bessie' [...there's quite much comic stylism on the old graphic posters, esp. those from 1930s, 'golden age' for comics and animated cartoons, supposing...]
; Of a book cover to Defoe's Roxana (detail) ;
'Diary of the lost girl' - poster-advert from Louise Brooks movie (from 1920s) ; 'Girl on bath' - of that renown scifi-saga, of the 1970s [...Seems
the name of it, btw, on some of translated publications enshortened
simply for 'Valerian'.
...It not any erotic comics, of course, but worth mentioned due
from that at their adventures (esp. in the earliest stories) the girl
was wrote/drawn from quite equal companion for Valerian – and she's quite
peppered too, I always liked the character, as I recall that – so
seems fx also noted in comparison to many old stories ”different
from bimbo-types common to comics.”]
; The combined art-work from Donald and that Barksian 'vamp' [...Don't
recall the name of that character either (meaning that on what Donald
disguised for parodising some superhero-comics) – Since on those
books, original story names (or neither artists names) were rarely
presented...a rather common usual practice at the past decades
comics, it was.]
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