Imagining sex : pornography and bodies in seventeenth-century England / Sarah Toulalan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toulalan, Sarah, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pornography--England--History--17th century.

Pornography.

Erotic literature, English--History and criticism.

Erotic literature, English.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Human body in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Imagining Sex' examines a variety of material from 17th century England to argue that, unlike today, pornography was not a discrete genre, nor was it usually subject to suppression. The book explores contemporary thinking on these issues and wider cultural concerns.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. The Circulation of Texts: Publishers and Readers; 2. 'What a Fountain of Joys': Reproduction and Sexual Pleasure; 3. 'New from Battersy': Fantasies of Sexual Flagellation; 4. 'An Extraordinary Satisfaction': Imagining Homosexuality; 5. 'Erotopolis': Voyeurism and the Illusion of Privacy; 6. 'Unexpected Bed Fellows': The Comic and the Erotic; 7. 'The Naked Truth': Images of Bodies and Sex; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-03483-4

1-281-16065-2

9786611160654

0-19-152615-0

1-4356-1390-2

OCLC:

476242327