Before pornography : erotic writing in early modern England / Ian Frederick Moulton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moulton, Ian Frederick, 1964- author.

Series:

Studies in the history of sexuality.

Oxford scholarship online.

Studies in the history of sexuality

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English literature.

Sex in literature.

Erotic literature, English--History and criticism.

Erotic literature, English.

Sex customs--England--History--16th century.

Sex customs.

Sex customs--England--History--17th century.

Sex customs in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores 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".

Contents:

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; Z

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771166-9

1-280-47366-5

9786610473663

0-19-535035-9

0-19-518046-1

OCLC:

437173063