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Erotic
fiction
Erotic
fiction is the name given to fiction that deals with sex
or sexual themes, generally in a more literary or
serious way than the fiction seen in pornographic
magazines and sometimes including elements of satire or
social criticism. Such works have frequently been banned
by the government or religious authorities. It should be
noted, however, that apparently non-fictional works
dealing with sex or sexual themes may contain fictional
elements; calling an erotic book 'a memoir' is a
literary device that is common in this genre. For
reasons similar to those that make pseudonyms both
commonplace and often deviously set up, the boundary
between fiction and non-fiction is often very diffuse.
Erotic Literature - Ancient, medieval,
and early modern erotic fiction
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