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Indlæser... Sexorgier gennem tiderne (1958)af Burgo Partridge
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. A brief skimming offers some promise of pleasant diversion. There is a long chapter on Francis Dashwood and his abbey doings, much meatier than anything found in Eric Towers' so-called biography - including a description of the Earl of Sandwich's characteristic lope: "as though he were trying to walk both sides of the street at the same time". There is Crowley and his rancid love-ins at his own abbey, where his five year old son, a precociously impertinent drug addict, will, as "beast number two" get what he wants and right now "or else." ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
An orgy, the dictionary tells us, is "a wild gathering, marked by promiscuous sexual activity, excessive drinking, etc." Burgo Partridge tells us precisely what that has meant down through the ages. He begins with the Greeks, who celebrated sexuality at Dionysian festivals, and the Romans, who imported unwholesome brutalities into their orgiastic celebrations. We then learn of the penchant for group sex displayed by medieval popes, the junketings of Restoration England, the aristocratic hedonists of the Hellfire Club and Scotland's notorious Wig Club, the orgiastic tastes of Casanova and the Marquis de Sade, right into the 20th century and the bizarre excesses of Aleister Crowley. No library descriptions found. |
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