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When flesh becomes word
an anthology of early eighteenth-century libertine literature
By Mudge, Bradford Keyes
- ISBN
- 978-0-19516-187-8
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 15, 2004
The publication of John Cleland's Fanny Hill in 1749 marked the emergence of what we term pornography. What might be called erotic and bawdy literature certainly stretches back to Ovid and Martial. But such work was a mixture of genres, making various claims. As the novel emerged as a "realistic" depiction of life, the pornographic novel developed as a "realistic" treatment of sex. To provide us with a ful...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
