Mighty Lewd Books: The Development of Pornography in Eighteenth-Century EnglandMighty Lewd Books describes the emergence of a new home-grown English pornography. Through the examination of over 500 pieces of British erotica, this book looks at sex as seen in erotic culture, religion and medicine throughout the long eighteenth-century, and provides a radical new approach to the study of sexuality. |
Contents
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| 5 | |
2 The Erotic Book Trade | 12 |
3 Bodily Fluids | 45 |
4 Erotica and Science | 67 |
5 Sexual Utopias in Erotica | 93 |
6 AntiCatholic Erotica | 126 |
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Mighty Lewd Books: The Development of Pornography in Eighteenth-Century England J. Peakman No preview available - 2012 |
Mighty Lewd Books: The Development of Pornography in Eighteenth-Century England J. Peakman No preview available - 2003 |
Mighty Lewd Books: The Development of Pornography in Eighteenth-Century England Julie Peakman No preview available - 2003 |
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