LEADER 03710nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910791949803321 005 20230721012910.0 010 $a1-78170-108-3 010 $a1-84779-179-4 024 7 $a10.7765/9781847791795 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085750 035 $a(EBL)1069611 035 $a(OCoLC)818847354 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712846 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12297424 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712846 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10649335 035 $a(PQKB)10286649 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085704 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069611 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069611 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623236 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843489 035 $a(DE-B1597)659600 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781847791795 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085750 100 $a20090415d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe secret vice$b[electronic resource] $emasturbation in Victorian fiction and medical culture /$fDiane Mason 210 $aManchester ;$aNew York $cManchester University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7190-7714-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [167]-184) and index. 327 $a9780719077142; 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 Friend 327 $a6 '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; Index 330 $aThe 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 li 517 3 $aMasturbation in Victorian fiction and medical culture 606 $aMasturbation in literature 606 $aMasturbation$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEnglish fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 610 $aCharles Dickens. 610 $aDean Farrar. 610 $aE. B. Foote. 610 $aHavelock Ellis. 610 $aJ. H. Kellogg. 610 $aKrafft-Ebing. 610 $aR. V. Pierce. 610 $aVictorian pornography. 610 $aauto-erotic sexuality. 610 $amasturbation. 615 0$aMasturbation in literature. 615 0$aMasturbation$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823.8093538 700 $aMason$b Diane Elizabeth$01478829 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791949803321 996 $aThe secret vice$93694654 997 $aUNINA