Before Pornography - Erotic Writing in Early Modern England

Zusatztext "Moulton is especially persuasive in one of his principal theses, that erotic representation twined through English protonational identity, and was particularly important in English notions of the Italianate.... Before Pornography is an enjoyable read and offers genuine insight into the place of erotic writing in early modern English culture."--Sixteenth Century Journal Klappentext Before Pornography explores the relationship between erotic writing, masculinity, and national identity in Renaissance England. Drawing on both manuscripts and printed texts, and incorporating insights from modern feminist theory and queer studies, the book argues that pornography is a historical phenomenon: while the representation of sexual activity exists in nearly all cultures, pornography does not. The book includes analyses of the social significance of eroticism in such canonical texts as Sidney's Defense of Poesy and Spenser's Faerie Queene. Zusammenfassung Explores the relationship between erotic writing, masculinity, and national identity in Renaissance England. This book draws on both manuscripts and printed texts, and incorporates insights from feminist theory and queer studies. It argues that pornography is a historical phenomenon and that it does not exist in all cultures.

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• Authors: Ian Frederick Moulton, Ian Frederick (Associate Professor of Bri Moulton, Ian Frederick (Associate Professor of British Literature and Renaissance Cultural History Moulton, Moulton Ian Frederick
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.04.2005
• EAN: 9780195179828
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517982-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Studies in the History of Sexuality; Studies in the History of Sexu; Studies in the History of Sexuality
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; FICTION / Erotica / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, erotic fiction, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Ethical issues and debates, Ethical Issues: Pornography & Obscenity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality, Ethical issues, topics and debates