When flesh becomes word [[electronic resource] ] : an anthology of early eighteenth-century libertine literature / / edited by Bradford K. Mudge

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.8/03538/09033
• Soggetto topico: Erotic literature, English; English literature - 18th century; Libertinism
• Altri autori: MudgeBradford Keyes
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-325) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS""; ""A NOTE ON THE TEXTS""; ""INTRODUCTION: British Libertine Literature before Fanny Hill (1749)""; ""CHAPTER 1 The School of Venus (1680)""; ""CHAPTER 2 The Pleasures of a Single Life (1701), The Fifteen Comforts of Cuckoldom (1706), and The Fifteen Plagues of a Maiden-Head (1707)""; ""CHAPTER 3 Gonosologium Novum (1709)""; ""CHAPTER 4 Venus in the Cloister (1725)""; ""CHAPTER 5 A Dialogue Between a Married Lady and a Maid (1740)""; ""CHAPTER 6 A New Description of Merryland (1741)""; ""CHAPTER 7 The Female Husband (1746)""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY"" ; ""INDEX""""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""
• Sommario/riassunto: When Flesh Becomes Word collects nine different examples of British libertine literature that appeared before 1750. Three of these--The School of Venus (1680), Venus in the Cloister (1725), and A Dialogue Between a Married Lady and a Maid (1740)--are famous "whore dialogues," dramatic conversations between an older, experienced woman and a younger, inexperienced maid. Previously unavailable in an affordable edition, these dialogues combine sexeducation,medical folklore, and erotic literature in a decidedly proto-pornographic form. This edition presents other important examples of libertine literature, including bawdy poetry, a salacious medical treatise, an irreverent travelogue, and a criminal biography. The combination of The combination of both popular and influential textspresented in this edition provides an accessible introduction to the variety of material available to eighteenth-century readers before the publication of John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure in 1749.
• Titolo autorizzato: When flesh becomes word
• ISBN: 0-19-772680-1; 1-4337-0095-6; 9786610532766; 1-280-53276-9; 0-19-803661-2; 1-60256-774-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783440903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II