Fear of Flying
Novel
By: Erica Jong
Date: 1973
Source: Jong, Erica. Fear of Flying. New York: Plume, 1973.
About the Author: Erica (Mann) Jong (1942–) was born in New York City. Married to psychiatrist Allan Jong from 1966–1975, Jong paralleled the relationship in her first novel, Fear of Flying, published in 1973 to great commercial and critical acclaim. The main character of the novel, Isadora Wing, appeared in two later novels, How to Save Your Own Life (1977) and Parachutes & Kisses (1984). Jong has continued to explore issues of gender, identity, history, and mysticism in her subsequent fiction and memoirs.
Introduction
The "sexual revolution" of the 1960s had a direct impact on the media in the following decade, as the sexually explicit content of magazines, movies, books, and television programs became much more commonplace. In 1972...
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