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:''For the film adaptation, see Delta of Venus (film) ''Delta of Venus'' is a book of fifteen short stories by Anaïs Nin published posthumously in 1977〔I. Ousby, ed., ''The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English'' (1995) p. 683〕 — though largely written in the 1940s as erotica for a private collector.〔Anaïs Nin, ''Delta of Venus & Little Birds'' (1996), pp. 13–16〕 In 1994 a film inspired by the book was directed by Zalman King. ==Background== The collection of short stories that makes up this anthology was written during the 1940s for a private client known simply as "Collector". This "Collector" commissioned Nin, along with other now well-known writers (including Henry Miller and the poet George Barker), to produce erotic fiction for his private consumption.〔Anaïs Nin, ''Delta of Venus & Little Birds'' (1996), pp. 13–16〕 Despite being told to leave poetic language aside and concentrate on graphic, sexually explicit scenarios, Nin was able to give these stories a literary flourish and a layer of images and ideas beyond the pornographic. In her Diary (Oct. 1941), she jokingly referred to herself as "the madam of this snobbish literary house of prostitution, from which vulgarity was excluded".〔 * Anaïs Nin, ''Delta of Venus & Little Birds'' (1996), p. 16〕 While using the Kama Sutra and other writings such as those of Krafft-Ebing as models, Nin was very conscious that the languages of male and female sexuality were distinct.〔Anaïs Nin, ''Delta of Venus & Little Birds'' (1996), pp. 15 & 19〕 Although at times she scorned her erotica, and feared for their impact on her literary reputation,〔Anne T. Salvatore, ''Anaïs Nin's Narratives'', University Press of Florida (2001) ISBN 0-8130-2113-8, p. 17〕 they have subsequently been seen by sex-positive feminists as pioneering work.〔Susie Bright, ''Totally Heterotica'' (1995), p. 2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Delta of Venus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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