When Flesh Becomes Word
An Anthology of Early Eighteenth-Century Libertine Literature
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2004
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-516188-5 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-516188-5 (ISBN)
This book collects nine different examples of British libertine literature that appeared before 1750. Three of these are famous "whore dialogues". This collection also presents a range of other examples of libertine literature, including bawdy poety, a salacious medical treatise, an irreverent travelogue, and a criminal biography.
When Flesh Becomes Word collects nine different examples of British libertine literature that appeared before 1750. Three of these--The School of Venus (1680), Venus in the Cloister (1725), and A Dialogue Between a Married Lady and a Maid (1740)--are famous "whore dialogues," dramatic conversations between an older,experienced woman and a younger, inexperienced maid. Previously unavailable in an affordable edition these dialogues combine sex education, medical folklore, and erotic literature in a decidedly proto-pornographic form. This edition presents other important examples of libertine literature, including bawdy poetry, a salacious medical treatise, an irreverent travelogue, and a criminal biography. The combination of both popular and influential texts presented in this edition provides an accessible introduction to the variety of material available to eighteenth-century readers before the publication of John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure in 1749.
When Flesh Becomes Word collects nine different examples of British libertine literature that appeared before 1750. Three of these--The School of Venus (1680), Venus in the Cloister (1725), and A Dialogue Between a Married Lady and a Maid (1740)--are famous "whore dialogues," dramatic conversations between an older,experienced woman and a younger, inexperienced maid. Previously unavailable in an affordable edition these dialogues combine sex education, medical folklore, and erotic literature in a decidedly proto-pornographic form. This edition presents other important examples of libertine literature, including bawdy poetry, a salacious medical treatise, an irreverent travelogue, and a criminal biography. The combination of both popular and influential texts presented in this edition provides an accessible introduction to the variety of material available to eighteenth-century readers before the publication of John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure in 1749.
Bradford K. Mudge is Professor of English at the University of Colorado and the author of The Whore's Story: Women, Pornography, and the British Novel, 1684-1830.
List of Illustrations
A Note on the Texts
Introduction: British Libertine Literature before Fanny Hill (1749)
1: The School of Venus (1680)
2: The Pleasures of a Single Life (1701), The Fifteen Comforts of Cuckoldom (1706), and The Fifteen Plagues of a Maiden-Head (1707)
3: Gonosologium Novum (1709)
4: Venus in the Cloister (1725)
5: A Dialogue Between a Married Lady and a Maid (1740)
6: A New Description of Merryland (1741)
7: The Female Husband (1746)
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.4.2004 |
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Zusatzinfo | numerous halftones |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 522 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Anthologien |
Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-516188-2 / 0195161882 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-516188-5 / 9780195161885 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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