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Eroticism in literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Homemade erotica collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924113876647]
Identifier: 7898
Abstract 3 volumes of homemade erotica, a combination of typed stories and orignial artwork, come in comic book style with speech bubbles. An untitled volume centers on a large, Black woman with an afro and especially large breasts and a submissive small White man. In "An Extra Service," the plot involves a Catholic convent. The third volume, "Gold Town," has drawings of a middle-aged White woman, Lizzy Barber who ran a saloon and worked as a madam with 6 younger female prostitutes, and a young,...
Dates: 1970

Stephen Vizinczey papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7919
Content Description Papers include original manuscripts, personal and professional correspondence, interviews, business records, legal documents, research materials which mostly pertain to Stephen Vizinczey's novel "In Praise of Older Women" (1965). These include original and foreign language manuscripts, correspondence with international publishers, documents from various lawsuits over film adaptations, as well as extensive press clippings tracking the contours of the scandal its publication sparked. In...
Dates: 1950 - 2020