Erotolepsy

Erotolepsy is a term first used by English author Thomas Hardy in his 1895 novel Jude the Obscure[1] to describe a passionate sensual desire and longing which is more violent and urgently felt than erotomania.[2] It has been variously described as "love-seizure" and "sexual recklessness".[3] The term is derived from eroto- and -lepsy, and has since become more widely used, including by American poet Susan Mitchell in her 2001 poetry collection Erotikon.[4]

References
  1. Thomas Hardy (1983). Jude the Obscure. Plain Label Books. p. 204. ISBN 1-60303-779-9.
  2. Maria DiBattista (1991). First Love: The Affections of Modern Fiction. University of Chicago Press. p. 93. ISBN 0-226-14498-4.
  3. John Sutherland (2005). So You Think You Know Thomas Hardy?: A Literary Quizbook. p. 214. ISBN 0-19-280443-X.
  4. Thomas Bartscherer (2005). Erotikon: Essays on Eros, Ancient and Modern. University of Chicago Press. p. 27. ISBN 0-226-03838-6.
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