Is erotica art? This poll poses the question.. This was of course the question of the Lady Chatterley trial. D H Lawrence won with help of great artists such as the great novelist E M Foster. Yet clearly much of what passes as erotica is badly written and unimaginative. Writing about the sex act can be as simple as scribbling on a toilet wall. That is hardly art.
So shouldn't erotica be judged in the same way as all other writing? Isn't the artistry in how it is written rather than in its bald content? This is, however certainly a question which is worth considering. Thank you for raising it by way of this poll.
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