And Never Know The Joy

And Never Know The Joy: Sex And The Erotic In English Poetry Promises The Reader Much To Enjoy And To Reflect On: Riddles And Sex Games; The Grammar Of Relationships; The Cunning Psychology Of Bodily Fantasies; Sexuality As The Ambiguous Performance Of Words; The Allure Of Music And Its Instruments; The Erotics Of Death And Remembrance, Are Just A Few Of The Initial Themes That Emerge From The Twenty-five Articles To Be Found In This Volume, With Many An Invitation To Seize The Day. Reproduction, Pregnancy, And Fear; Discredited And Degraded Libertines; The Ventriloquism Of Sexual Objects; The Ease With Which Men Are Reduced To Impotence By The Carnality Of Women; Orgasm And Melancholy; Erotic Mysticism And Religious Sexuality; The Potency And Dangers Of Fruit And Flowers; The Delights Of The Recumbent Male Body And Of Dancing Girls; The Fertile Ritual Use Of Poetic Texts; Striptease And Revolution; Silent Women Reclaimed As Active Vessels, Are Amongst The Many Engaging Topics That Emerge Out Of The Ongoing And Entertaining Scholarly Discussion Of Sex And Eroticism In English Poetry.