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1 online resource (x, 149 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Defining obscenity: the limits of censorship in Le Paysan perverti and La Paysanne pervertie -- Inventing pornography: sex and sentimentality in Le Pornographe and L'anti-justine -- Conceptualizing fetishism: Rétif and the advent of modern sexual science -- Coda -- Imagining eugenics: strategic sexuality in La Découverte australe. |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Defining Obscenity: The Limits of Censorship in Le Paysan perverti and La Paysanne pervertie; Chapter Two: Inventing Pornography: Sex and Sentimentality in Le Pornographe and L'Anti-Justine; Chapter Three: Conceptualizing Fetishism: Rétif and the Advent of Modern Sexual Science; Coda; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
Bad Books reconstructs how the eighteenth-century French author Nicolas-Edme Rétif de la Bretonne and his writings were at the forefront of the development of modern conceptions of sexuality and pornography. The book corroborates the recent resurgence of interest in the author by showing the cultural import of his texts, which also illuminate some of the defining moments in the history of French literary studies. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Restif de La Bretonne, 1734-1806 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Restif de La Bretonne, 1734-1806. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Sex in literature.
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Sex in literature. |
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Pornography in literature.
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Pornography in literature. |
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Literature and society -- France -- History -- 18th century.
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Literature and society. |
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France. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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1700-1799 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wyngaard, Amy S. Bad Books : Rétif de la Bretonne, Sexuality, and Pornography. Lanham : University of Delaware, ©2012 9781611494204 |
| ISBN |
9781611494211 |
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1611494214 |
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9781644530863 (electronic book) |
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1644530864 (electronic book) |
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9781644530849 |
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