When Flesh Becomes Word - An Anthology of Early Eighteenth-Century Libertine Literature (Hardcover)

When Flesh Becomes Word collects nine different examples of British libertine literature that appeared before 1750. Three of these-The School of Venus (1680), Venus in the Cloister (1725), and A Dialogue Between a Married Lady and a Maid (1740)-are famous "whore dialogues," dramatic conversations between an older, experienced woman and a younger, inexperienced maid. Previously unavailable in an affordable edition, these dialogues combine sex education, medical folklore, and erotic literature in a decidedly proto-pornographic form. This edition presents other important examples of libertine literature, including bawdy poetry, a salacious medical treatise, an irreverent travelogue, and a criminal biography. The combination of The combination of both popular and influential texts presented in this edition provides an accessible introduction to the variety of material available to eighteenth-century readers before the publication of John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure in 1749.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2004
First published:	April 2004
Editors:	Bradford K. Mudge (Professor in the Department of English)
Dimensions:	244 x 163 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-516187-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Collections & anthologies of various literary forms Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-516187-4
Barcode:	9780195161878

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