03329nam 2200793 a 450 991080970150332120200520144314.00-19-771166-91-280-47366-597866104736630-19-535035-90-19-518046-110.1093/oso/9780195137095.001.0001(CKB)111087026783788(EBL)271056(OCoLC)437173063(SSID)ssj0000109716(PQKBManifestationID)11127713(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109716(PQKBWorkID)10059429(PQKB)10382621(Au-PeEL)EBL271056(CaPaEBR)ebr10087307(CaONFJC)MIL47366(OCoLC)711059150(MiAaPQ)EBC271056(OCoLC)1406783601(StDuBDS)9780197711668(OCoLC)43286542(FINmELB)ELB165322(EXLCZ)9911108702678378819991222d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBefore pornography erotic writing in early modern England /Ian Frederick Moulton1st ed.Oxford [England] ;New York Oxford University Press20001 online resource (283 p.)Studies in the history of sexualityPreviously issued in print: 2000.0-19-513709-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-264) and index.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; ZExplores 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".Studies in the history of sexuality.English literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismSex in literatureErotic literature, EnglishHistory and criticismSex customsEnglandHistory16th centurySex customsEnglandHistory17th centurySex customs in literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.Sex in literature.Erotic literature, EnglishHistory and criticism.Sex customsHistorySex customsHistorySex customs in literature.820.9/3538/09031Moulton Ian Frederick1964-622499MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809701503321Before pornography1105308UNINA