History Main / EroticLiterature

Although it's like UsefulNotes/{{porn|ography}}, Erotica can be educational, well-written, and sometimes even pass into the literary canon as acknowledged classics. This ranges from the ancient and quasi-sacred, like ''Literature/KamaSutra'' -- full of information about sexual relations, with a brief foray into cryptography and other methods of concealing your salacious affairs -- to the fairly modern, such as ''Literature/LadyChatterleysLover.'' In some cases an erotic book can come to challenge entire philosophies about sex and sexuality, like ''Literature/VenusInFurs''. As mentioned above, even the Bible has erotica in it: the "Song of Solomon" a.k.a. "TheSongOfSongs" is remarkably couched in sensual language. One of its opening passages, [[AsTheGoodBookSays "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth"]] is one of the most famous verses of the Bible itself.

Although it's like UsefulNotes/{{porn|ography}}, Erotica can be educational, well-written, and sometimes even pass into the literary canon as acknowledged classics. This ranges from the ancient and quasi-sacred, like ''Literature/KamaSutra'' -- full of information about sexual relations, with a brief foray into cryptography and other methods of concealing your salacious affairs -- to the fairly modern, such as ''Literature/LadyChatterleysLover.'' In some cases an erotic book can come to challenge entire philosophies about sex and sexuality, like ''Literature/VenusInFurs''. As mentioned above, even the Bible has erotica in it: the Song of Solomon a.k.a. the Song of Songs is remarkably couched in sensual language. One of its opening passages, [[AsTheGoodBookSays "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth"]] is one of the most famous verses of the Bible itself.

* Literature/SongOfSongs

* ''Literature/SongOfSongs''

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Although it's like [[UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}} porn]], Erotica can be educational, well-written, and sometimes even pass into the literary canon as acknowledged classics. This ranges from the ancient and quasi-sacred, like ''Literature/KamaSutra'' -- full of information about sexual relations, with a brief foray into cryptography and other methods of concealing your salacious affairs -- to the fairly modern, such as ''Literature/LadyChatterleysLover.'' In some cases an erotic book can come to challenge entire philosophies about sex and sexuality, like ''Literature/VenusInFurs''. As mentioned above, even the Bible has erotica in it: the Song of Solomon a.k.a. the Song of Songs is remarkably couched in sensual language. One of its opening passages, [[AsTheGoodBookSays "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth"]] is one of the most famous verses of the Bible itself.

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->''Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets."

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->''I like my books like my bathroom floor: covered in bees.''
-->-- '''Creator/EddieIzzard'''

Written stories about people doing it.

According to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_literature that other wiki]], Erotic Lit has been around since the time of Literature/TheBible. This just means that even way back when, people still wanted to read about other people doing it.

Although it's like [[UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}} porn]], E. Lit can be educational. One of the most famous examples is the ''Literature/KamaSutra'', which is full of information about people doing it. (With a brief foray into cryptography and other methods of concealing your salacious affairs.)

Modern day books tend to deal with the emotional side of sex and sexuality--but really, it's mostly about people doing it. Some of these stories have also been [[EroticFilm adapted to film]].

* ''Literature/AnIntimateHistoryOfTheGreaterKingdom'' (series)

* ''Literature/TheBoss''

->--I like my books like my bathroom floor: [[EddieIzzard covered in bees.]]

* ''Literature/TheSatyrLords''

* ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''

* Literature/TheDogs
* [[Film/{{Emmanuelle}} Emmanuelle]]
* Literature/ExitToEden
* Literature/DelicateFire
* Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey
* Literature/FannyHill
* Literature/AFoxTail
* Literature/AnIntimateHistoryOfTheGreaterKingdom (series)
** Literature/LoversAndBeloveds
* Literature/TheJournalEntries of Kennet R'yal Shardik, et al.
* Literature/KamaSutra
* Literature/LadyChatterleysLover
* Literature/MerryGentry
* Literature/OutOfPosition
** Literature/{{Camouflage}}
* Literature/The120DaysOfSodom
* Literature/TheStoryOfO
* Literature/TalesOfMU
* Literature/TheTiesThatBind
* Literature/VenusInFurs
* Literature/{{Volle}}

* Literature/TheDogs

* Literature:The120DaysOfSodom