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Erotic fiction

Used for:

Adult fiction
Erotic novels

Related Terms:

Love stories
Romantic suspense fiction

Scope Note:

use for works that are characterized by treatment of sexual love in more or less explicit detail. The sexual element is made a portion of the aesthetic, thematic, or moral aspect of the work; that is, it exists as a contributing part to some other objective than titillation or sexual arousal.