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The French pornographers : including a history of French erotic literature / by Henry L. Marchand.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection HQ18.F8 M3 1965 Gertzman copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marchand, Henry L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- France--Moral conditions.
- France.
- France--Social life and customs.
- Erotic literature--History and criticism.
- Erotic literature.
- French literature--History and criticism.
- French literature.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gertzman, Jay A. (donor) (Gertzman Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 287 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Book Awards, 1965.
- Contents:
- Sexuality in Medieval France
- Indecent fabliaux and farces
- Troubadours and courts of love
- The sixteenth century
- The seventeenth century
- The golden age of love
- Anti-royal and anti-church literature
- The obscenity of the theatres
- Venereal verses
- Secret clubs and perversions
- Celebrated pornologists
- Other celebrated pornologists
- Pornographia rampant
- The Napoleonic regime
- Babylon on the Seine
- The heyday of obscene art
- The reign of the prostitute
- Masters of erotic literature
- Publishers of erotica
- Venus victorious.
- Notes:
- Originally published in 1933 under title: The erotic history of France.
- Local Notes:
- Gertzman Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Jay. A. Gertzman.
- Gertzman Collection copy has pages 27-34 from May 18,1987 issue of New Republic, reviewing books on Santayana, laid in.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Marchand, Henry L. French pornographers.
- OCLC:
- 826766
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