03710nam 2200769 a 450 991079194980332120230721012910.01-78170-108-31-84779-179-410.7765/9781847791795(CKB)2560000000085750(EBL)1069611(OCoLC)818847354(SSID)ssj0000712846(PQKBManifestationID)12297424(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712846(PQKBWorkID)10649335(PQKB)10286649(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085704(MiAaPQ)EBC1069611(Au-PeEL)EBL1069611(CaPaEBR)ebr10623236(CaONFJC)MIL843489(DE-B1597)659600(DE-B1597)9781847791795(EXLCZ)99256000000008575020090415d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe secret vice[electronic resource] masturbation in Victorian fiction and medical culture /Diane MasonManchester ;New York Manchester University Pressc20081 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-7714-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-184) and index.9780719077142; 9780719077142; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 'It is more than blackguardly, it is deadly'Masturbation in the male; 2 'A beauty treatment that leaves us glowing'? Female masturbation and its consequences; 3 'The languor which I had long felt began to display itself in my countenance 'Vampires, lesbians and masturbators; 4 'That mighty love which maddens one to crime' Masturbation and same-sex desire in Teleny; 5 'His behaviour betrays the actual state of things' Onanism and obsessive behaviour in Our Mutual Friend6 'Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face' Conflicting signifiers of vice in The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Mystery of Edwin DroodAfterword; Bibliography; IndexThe secret vice: Masturbation in Victorian fiction and medical culture provides a unique consideration of writings on self-abuse in the long nineteenth century. The book examines the discourse on masturbation in medical works by English, Continental and American practitioners and demonstrates the influence and impact of these writings, not only on Victorian pornography but also in the creation of fictional characters by canonical authors such as Bram Stoker, J. S. Le Fanu, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. The book also features the first detailed and balanced study of the largely overlooked liMasturbation in Victorian fiction and medical cultureMasturbation in literatureMasturbationGreat BritainHistory19th centuryEnglish fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismCharles Dickens.Dean Farrar.E. B. Foote.Havelock Ellis.J. H. Kellogg.Krafft-Ebing.R. V. Pierce.Victorian pornography.auto-erotic sexuality.masturbation.Masturbation in literature.MasturbationHistoryEnglish fictionHistory and criticism.823.8093538Mason Diane Elizabeth1478829MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791949803321The secret vice3694654UNINA