It seeks to make what has been largely reduced to an act of instant gratification a rather more pleasurable experience.
Note: All content, logos and images are reproduced with permission from respective authors.The Arts of Seduction is a guide to having great sex in the twenty-first century. It is believed that this work, which celebrates extramarital sex, was one of the reasons that Ovid was banished by the Emperor Augustus, who was attempting to promote a more austere morality. The first two books are written from a male point of view the last book, which was probably written at a later date, is addressed to women. The Ars Amatoria, published about 1 BCE, is a guidebook for seduction it includes many tips and tricks which would not be out of place in a modern dating manual, while giving intimate vignettes of daily life in Ancient Rome. It is unclear as to whether this is fictional or autobiographical, but it is obviously based on the experiences of a sophisticated lover. In the Amores, published about 18 BCE, Ovid portrays the evolution of an affair with a married woman named Corinna. This version was published in 1930 in a 'limited' edition with sensual art deco illustrations by Jean de Bosschere. Julian May's translation of Ovid's 'erotic' works: The Amores (the Loves), Ars Amatoria (the Art of Love), Remedia Amoris (The Cure for Love) and the fragmentary Medicamina Faciei Feminae (Women's Facial Cosmetics). Interspersed with these there are a number of stories which are intended to give context and amusement. It gives lists of names for the penis and vagina, has a section on the interpretation of dreams, and briefly describes sex among animals. The book presents opinions on what qualities men and women should have to be attractive, gives advice on sexual technique, warnings about sexual health, and recipes to remedy sexual maladies.
The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Nafzawi is a fifteenth-century Arabic sex manual and work of erotic literature. This work is often compared to the Kama Sutra, on which it draws. Later commentators have said it is aimed specifically at preventing the separation of a husband and wife. He was related to the Lodi dynasty, which from 1451 to 1526 ruled from Delhi. The poet wrote the work in honor of Lad Khan, son of Ahmed Khan Lodi. The manual was written in Sanskrit.Īnanga Ranga (अनंगरंग Stage of Love) or Kamaledhiplava (कमलेधिप्लव Boat in the Sea of Love) is an Indian sex manual written by Kalyana malla in the 15th or 16th century. Kokkoka describes himself in the book as siddha patiya pandita, i.e. It is speculated that Ratirahasya was written to please a king by the name Venudutta. The exact date of its writing is not known, but it is estimated the text was written in the 11th or 12th century. Ratirahasya (Sanskrit रतिरहस्य) (translated in English as Secrets of Love, also known as the Koka Shastra) is a medieval Indian sex manual written by Kokkoka, a poet, who is variously described as Koka or Koka Pundit. Traditionally, the first transmission of Kama Shastra or "Discipline of Kama" is attributed to Nandi the sacred bull, Shiva's doorkeeper, who was moved to sacred utterance by overhearing the lovemaking of the god and his wife Parvati and later recorded his utterances for the benefit of mankind. The Kama Sutra is most notable of a group of texts known generically as Kama Shastra. This is authored by Mallanaga Vatsyayana. Kamasutram, generally known to the Western world as Kama Sutra, is an ancient Indian text widely considered to be the standard work on love in Sanskrit literature.
Attributed to Vātsyāyana, the Kama Sutra is neither exclusively nor predominantly a sex manual on sex positions, but written as a guide to the "art-of-living" well, the nature of love, finding a life partner, maintaining one's love life, and other aspects pertaining to pleasure-oriented faculties of human life. Kama Sutra (कामसूत्र) is an ancient Indian Sanskrit text on sexuality and emotional fulfillment in life.