Mighty Lewd Books: The Development of Pornography in Eighteenth-Century England

by Julie Peakman

Book Overview

Mighty Lewd Books describes the emergence of a new home-grown English pornography. Through the examination of over 500 pieces of British erotica, this book looks at sex as seen in erotic culture, religion and medicine throughout the long eighteenth-century, and provides a radical new approach to the study of sexuality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349512044
• ISBN13: 9781349512041
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"