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Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 / Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy

Havelock Ellis

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 396 pages

A volume of essays from Havelock Ellis’s Studies in the Psychology of Sex, treating erotic symbolism, detumescence, and the psychic state in pregnancy. Ellis examines how sexual impulses may be deflected toward symbols or objects and discusses the close of the sexual process. It offers a historical perspective for readers interested in early twentieth-century sexology.

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STUDIES
IN THE
PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX
VOLUME V
EROTIC SYMBOLISM
THE MECHANISM OF DETUMESCENCE
THE PSYCHIC STATE IN PREGNANCY
BY
HAVELOCK ELLIS
1927

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Contents

  1. STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX
  2. VOLUME V
  3. HAVELOCK ELLIS
  4. PREFACE.
  5. CONTENTS.
  6. EROTIC SYMBOLISM.
  7. THE MECHANISM OF DETUMESCENCE.
  8. THE PSYCHIC STATE IN PREGNANCY.
  9. APPENDIX.
  10. INDEX OF AUTHORS.
  11. INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
  12. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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