Fragile minds and vulnerable souls : the matter of obscenity in nineteenth-century Germany /

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Fragile Minds and Vulnerable Souls investigates the creation of "obscene writings and images"--Popular medical works to stereoscope cards--and the process through which these texts were deemed dangerous to the intellectual and emotional lives of vulnerable consumers in nineteenth-century G...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leonard, Sarah L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Series:Material texts.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Pornography > Germany > 19th century > History and criticism.
Pornography > Appreciation > Germany > History > 19th century.
Erotic literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Erotic literature > Appreciation > Germany > History > 19th century.
Underground literature > Germany > 19th century > History and criticism.
Underground literature > Appreciation > Germany > History > 19th century.
Books and reading > Germany > History > 19th century.
Obscenity (Law) > Germany > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > Germany > History > 19th century.
Self > Germany > History > 19th century.
Sex (Psychology) > History > 19th century.
Censorship > Germany > History > 19th century.
Pornographie > Allemagne > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Pornographie > Appréciation > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature érotique > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature érotique > Appréciation > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature clandestine > Allemagne > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature clandestine > Appréciation > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Livres et lecture > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature et société > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Moi (Psychologie) > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sexualité (Psychologie) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
Books and reading
Censorship
Cultural policy
Erotic literature
Erotic literature > Appreciation
Literature and society
Moral conditions
Obscenity (Law)
Pornography
Self
Sex (Psychology)
Underground literature
Germany > Cultural policy > History > 19th century.
Germany > Moral conditions > History > 19th century.
Germany
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Fragile Minds and Vulnerable Souls; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Introduction: The Cultivation of Inner Life and the Dangers of Reading; 1. Inventing Fragile Readers: The Origins of Secular Obscenity Law, 1788-1830; 2. Dubious Sources, Dangerous Spaces, Porous Geographies: Understanding the Bookseller's Crime, 1811-1840; 3. Defending Forbidden Texts: The Strategies of Editors, Publishers, and Authors; 4. Liberalism and the Codification of Obscenity Laws in the 1830s and 1840s; 5. Redefining Obscenity in an Era of "Progress," 1848-1880; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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