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: 1137033967
• ISBN13: 9781137033963
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"