The Double Flame Love and Eroticism
SEX IN LITERATURELOVE IN LITERATURE

The Double Flame Love and Eroticism

by Octavio Paz

Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
1995

Overview

In this series of essays Paz explores the intimate connection between sex, eroticism, and love in literature throughout the ages. Rich in scope, The Double Flame examines everything from taboo to repression, Carnival to Lent, Sade to Freud, original sin to artificial intelligence. “Brimming with insight, thoughtfulness, and sincerity” (Kirkus Reviews). Translated by Helen Lane.

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