The Prostitute In Literature
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Few figures in literary history have captivated, troubled, and fascinated writers across centuries quite like the prostitute — an archetype at once marginal and central to the human story. The Prostitute in Literature, edited with introduction and commentary by Harold Greenwald and Aron Krich, is a landmark anthology that gathers some of literature's most provocative and enduring portrayals of women who exist at the edges of polite society, drawing from a rich cross-section of fiction, poetry, and dramatic writing that spans cultures and eras. The collection presents each selection with scholarly context, allowing readers to engage not merely with the stories themselves, but with the social, moral, and psychological dimensions that give them their power. Greenwald and Krich, both distinguished figures in psychology and social criticism, bring a uniquely interdisciplinary lens to their editorial work, arguing implicitly that literature has long served as the most honest mirror of society's complex and often hypocritical attitudes toward women, desire, and moral transgression. The anthology illuminates how great writers — from the naturalists to the modernists — wielded this figure as a vehicle for broader commentary on class, gender, and human dignity. For any reader who believes literature's highest calling is to confront what society would prefer to ignore, this collection poses a question that refuses easy resolution.
Author: Harold Greenwald And Aron Krich
Format: Paperback
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures in literary history have captivated, troubled, and fascinated writers across centuries quite like the prostitute — an archetype at once marginal and central to the human story. The Prostitute in Literature, edited with introduction and commentary by Harold Greenwald and Aron Krich, is a landmark anthology that gathers some of literature's most provocative and enduring portrayals of women who exist at the edges of polite society, drawing from a rich cross-section of fiction, poetry, and dramatic writing that spans cultures and eras. The collection presents each selection with scholarly context, allowing readers to engage not merely with the stories themselves, but with the social, moral, and psychological dimensions that give them their power. Greenwald and Krich, both distinguished figures in psychology and social criticism, bring a uniquely interdisciplinary lens to their editorial work, arguing implicitly that literature has long served as the most honest mirror of society's complex and often hypocritical attitudes toward women, desire, and moral transgression. The anthology illuminates how great writers — from the naturalists to the modernists — wielded this figure as a vehicle for broader commentary on class, gender, and human dignity. For any reader who believes literature's highest calling is to confront what society would prefer to ignore, this collection poses a question that refuses easy resolution.