Mighty Lewd Books: The Development of Pornography in Eighteenth-Century England - Softcover

Peakman, J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1137033967 ISBN 13: 9781137033963

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

Synopsis

Mighty Lewd Books describes the emergence of a new, home-grown English pornography as seen in flagellation novellas which burst to the fore in the 1770s. Prior to this, English erotica had included a particular style of bawdy material marked by its euphemisms and double entendres. 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.

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About the Author

JULIE PEAKMAN is one of the most innovative of the young historians to emerge in the recent explosion of gender history. She lectures in Sex in History, is currently working on her second book on sexual behaviour in the eighteenth-century and is a fellow of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. She regularly appears at national and international conferences and in the media.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137033967
• ISBN 13: 9781137033963
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280