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Before pornography : erotic writing in early modern England

By Moulton , Ian Frederick

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0-19-513709-4, 9780195137095, 9780195180466, 0195180461, 9780195350357, 0195350359, 9781423722182, 1423722183
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19847558 bytes)
Series
Studies in the history of sexuality
Edition
1
Pages
268\283
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Sex in literatEnglish -- History and criticism. Sex customs -- EEnglish literature -- Early modernIrishScottishWelsh. Engels.

Description

Before Pornography explores the relationship between erotic writing, masculinity, and national identity in Renaissance England. Drawing on both manuscripts and printed texts, and incorporating insights from modern feminist theory and queer studies, the book argues that pornography is a historical phenomenon: while the representation of sexual activity exists in nearly all cultures, pornography does not. The book includes analyses of the social significance of eroticism in such canonical texts as Sidney's Defense of Poesy and Spenser's Faerie Queene

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