Bad books : Rétif de la Bretonne, sexuality, and pornography /

Bad Books reconstructs how the eighteenth-century French author Nicolas-Edme Rétif de la Bretonne and his writings were at the forefront of the development of modern conceptions of sexuality and pornography. The book corroborates the recent resurgence of interest in the author by showing the cultur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wyngaard, Amy S., 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : University of Delaware, [2013]
Temas:
Restif de La Bretonne, > 1734-1806 > Criticism and interpretation.
Restif de La Bretonne, > 1734-1806
1700-1799
Sex in literature.
Pornography in literature.
Literature and society > France > History > 18th century.
Sexualité dans la littérature.
Pornographie dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Literature and society
Pornography in literature
Sex in literature
France
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Defining obscenity: the limits of censorship in Le Paysan perverti and La Paysanne pervertie
  • Inventing pornography: sex and sentimentality in Le Pornographe and L'anti-justine
  • Conceptualizing fetishism: Rétif and the advent of modern sexual science
  • Coda
  • Imagining eugenics: strategic sexuality in La Découverte australe.
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Defining Obscenity: The Limits of Censorship in Le Paysan perverti and La Paysanne pervertie; Chapter Two: Inventing Pornography: Sex and Sentimentality in Le Pornographe and L'Anti-Justine; Chapter Three: Conceptualizing Fetishism: Rétif and the Advent of Modern Sexual Science; Coda; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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