The Whore's Story : Women, Pornography, and the British Novel, 1684-1830
Bradford K. Mudge
Bok Engelsk 2000 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, USA, , 2000.
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Omfang | 1 online resource (293 p.)
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Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Introduction. Women, Pornography, and Literary History; PART I: Popular Culture and the Emergence of the Modern State; 1. Masquerades and Prostitutes; 2. The Feminization of the Novel; 3. Women Writers, Gothic Novels, Romantic Poets; PART II: Pornography and Literature; 4. Passionate Women and Unruly Novels; 5. Venus in the Marketplace; 6. Virgins, Whores, and Devils; Conclusion. The Whore's Story; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z. - This fresh and persuasively argued book examines the origins of pornography in Britain and presents a comprehensive overview of women's role in the evolution of obscene fiction. Carefully monitoring the complex interconnections between three related debates--that over the masquerade, that over the novel, and that over prostitution--Mudge contextualizes the growing literary need to separate good fiction from bad and argues that that process was of crucial importance to the emergence of a new, middle-class state. Looking closely at sermons, medical manuals, periodical essays, and political tract
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Emner | English fiction - History and criticism
Erotic stories, English - History and criticism Feminist literary criticism Pornography - History - Great Britain Vis mer... Prostitutes in literature
Prostitution in literature Sex in literature Women in literature English Literature English Languages & Literatures engelsk litteratur 1600-tallet 1700-tallet 1800-tallet romaner seksualitet prostitusjon pornografi |
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ISBN | 0195135059
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