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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809701503321

Autore

Moulton Ian Frederick <1964->

Titolo

Before pornography : erotic writing in early modern England / / Ian Frederick Moulton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-771166-9

1-280-47366-5

9786610473663

0-19-535035-9

0-19-518046-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (283 p.)

Collana

Studies in the history of sexuality

Disciplina

820.9/3538/09031

Soggetti

English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

Sex in literature

Erotic literature, English - History and criticism

Sex customs - England - History - 16th century

Sex customs - England - History - 17th century

Sex customs in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-264) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; A Note on Manuscript Transcriptions; Introduction: The Prehistory of Pornography; 1. Erotic Writing in Manuscript Culture; 2. Erotic Writing, Effeminacy, and National Identity; Prologue Englishmen Italianated; 3. ""Courtesan Politic"": The Erotic Writing and Cultural Significance of Pietro Aretino; 4. ""The English Aretine"": Thomas Nashe; 5. Ben Jonson and the Erotics of a Literary Career; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the relationship between erotic writing, masculinity, and national identity in Renaissance England. This work argues that pornography is a historical phenomenon. It addresses the social significance of eroticism in such canonical texts as "Sidney's Defense of Poesy" and "Spenser's Faerie Queene".