Alex Comfort
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Alexander Comfort (February 10, 1920 - March 26, 2000), finishing his first degree at University College London, was a medical professional, anarchist, pacifist and writer, best known for The Joy of Sex, which played a part in what is often called the sexual revolution. He was also the author of many other books on a variety of topics.
[edit] Partial bibliography
- No such Liberty (1941) - novel
- Three new Poets (1942) - Alex Comfort, Roy McFadden, Ian Serraillier
- A Wreath for the Living (1942)
- Elegies (1944)
- The Power House (1944) - novel
- The Song of Lazarus (1945)
- Outlaw of the Lowest Planet by Kenneth Patchen (1946) - Preface by Alex Comfort
- Art And Social Responsibility (1946)
- The Signal to Engage (1946)
- Peace and Disobedience (1946) - pamphlet
- Barbarism And Sexual Freedom (1948) - non-fiction
- On This Side Nothing (1949) - novel
- Authority And Delinquency In The Modern State (1950)
- Sexual Behaviour In Society (1950) - non-fiction
- And All But He Departed (1951)
- A Giant's Strength (1952) - novel
- Come out to Play (1961) - novel
- Haste to the Wedding (1962)
- Darwin and the Naked Lady (1962) - articles
- Sex in Society (1963) - non-fiction
- Koka Shastra (1964)
- The Joy of Sex: A Gourment Guide to Lovemaking (1972)
- Come out to Play (1975)
- I And That: Notes On The Biology of Religion (1979)
- Poems for Jane (1979)
- Tetrach (1981)
- Reality And Empathy: Physics, Mind, And Science In The 21st Century (1984)
- Writings Against Power and Death (1994)
[edit] External links
- Biography of Alex Comfort - with attention to his anarchist politics
- See the Alex Comfort Page in the Anarchist Encyclopedia
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