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Perverse romanticism : aesthetics and sexuality in Britain, 1750-1832 /

Richard C. Sha's revealing study considers how science shaped notions of sexuality, reproduction, and gender in the Romantic period.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sha, Richard C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Romantic science and the perversification of sexual pleasure
  • Historicizing perversion: perversity, perversion, and the rise of function in the biological sciences
  • One sex or two? Nervous bodies, romantic puberty, and the natural origins of perverse desires
  • The perverse aesthetics of romanticism: purposiveness with purpose
  • Fiery joys perverted to ten commands: William Blake, the perverse turn, and sexual liberation
  • Byron, epic puberty, and polymorphous perversity.