Chaste Pornography.

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  • Author(s): McDonald, Susan S.
  • Source:
    National Review. 9/3/1976, Vol. 28 Issue 33, p958-959. 2p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      FICTION; PORNOGRAPHY; WOMEN; WOMEN in literature
    • Subject Terms:
      UNITED States
    • Abstract:
      The article contends that romantic-suspense fiction (RS) are read by women in the U.S. as a kind of chaste and courtly pornography. Most RS books are formularized, transparent and utterly implausible. There several permutaitons in the RS category, but most are gothic. Typically, the heroine is a newly orphaned young woman. It is based on the presumption that chastity is a state of erotic anticipation. As a specimen of pornography, these fiction books violate the literary and intellectual canon.