Sexuality in Literature

If human beings were not divided into two biological sexes, there would probably be no need for literature. And if literature could truly say what the relations between the sexes are, we would doubtless not need much of it then, either. Somehow, however, it is not simply a question of literature's ability to say or not to say the truth of sexuality. For from the moment literature begins to set things straight on that score, literature itself becomes inextricable from the sexuality it seeks to comprehend. It is not the life of sexuality that literature cannot capture; it is literature that inhabits the very heart of what makes sexuality problematic for us speaking animals. Literature is not only a thwarted investigator but also an incorrigible perpetuator of the problem of sexuality.
--Barbara Johnson, The Critical Difference

This is an interesting point concerning "What is Literature?" It seems very poignant in relating how these two things feed off each other. Or maybe I've just been reading too much high-brow crap, and I have already lost my sanity.

This looks like a late night. Nothing done on my colloq paper. I've gotten some mandatory reading done, but my brain is starting to slosh around in my head. I think it may be time to find a nice short Newbery to help me relax. Then I'll give it another go. Or I'll just go to bed.