Olds's SEX WITHOUT LOVE

In Sharon Olds's poem "Sex Without Love," the intense struggle for love and affirmation present in much of her work is evident. Though the poem's speaker claims to know "the truth", Olds's images of superficiality seem to suggest that the valorizing of loveless sex...

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Published in:The Explicator 1999, Vol.58 (1), p.60-62
Main Author: McGiveron, Rafeeq O.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Literary criticism
Love
Olds, Sharon
Personal relationships
Poetry
Sexual behavior
Truth
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Summary:In Sharon Olds's poem "Sex Without Love," the intense struggle for love and affirmation present in much of her work is evident. Though the poem's speaker claims to know "the truth", Olds's images of superficiality seem to suggest that the valorizing of loveless sex stems not from some noble existential angst but simply from intellectual and moral shallowness.
ISSN:0014-4940
1939-926X
DOI:10.1080/00144949909597009