Excitable imaginations : eroticism and reading in Britain, 1660-1760

Excitable imaginations : eroticism and reading in Britain, 1660-1760 / Kathleen Lubey.

Excitable Imaginations offers a new approach to the history of pornography. Looking beyond a counter-canon of bawdy literature, Kathleen Lubey identifies a vigilant attentiveness to sex across a wide spectrum of literary and philosophical texts in eighteenth-century Britain.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lubey, Kathleen, 1975-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lewisburg : Lanham, Md. : Bucknell University Press ; Co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, ©2012.
Series:Transits (Bucknell University)
Subjects:
1500-1799
Erotic literature, English > History and criticism.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Eroticism in literature.
Sex in literature.
Imagination in literature.
Literature and morals.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature
English literature > Early modern
Erotic literature, English
Eroticism in literature
Imagination in literature
Literature and morals
Sex in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Excitable Imaginations offers a new approach to the history of pornography. Looking beyond a counter-canon of bawdy literature, Kathleen Lubey identifies a vigilant attentiveness to sex across a wide spectrum of literary and philosophical texts in eighteenth-century Britain.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 273 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-266) and index.
ISBN:9781611484410
1611484413
9781299356542
1299356540
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

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