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" The other Victorians : "
Steven Marcus with a new preface by the author.
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BL
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845290
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Marcus, Steven,1928-2018
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The other Victorians : : a study of sexuality and pornography in mid-nineteenth-century England /\ Steven Marcus with a new preface by the author.
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New Brunswick :: Transaction Publishers,, [2009]
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, ©1966
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xxi, 292 pages ;; 23 cm
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1412808197
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: 9781412808194
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1421808197
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| Notes
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Originally published: New York : Basic Books, 1966.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Mr. Acton of Queen Anne Street, or, the wisdom of our ancestors -- Pisanus Fraxi, pornographer royal -- The secret life, I -- The secret life, II -- The world of fiction -- A child is being beaten -- Conclusion.
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"Taking as his point of departure the authors, the audience, and the texts of Victorian writings on sex in general and of Victorian pornography in particular, Steven Marcus offers a startling and revolutionary perspective on the underside of Victorian culture. The way these subjects were regarded--and the way our notions of the Victorians continue to change, as the efforts of contemporary scholarship restore them to their full historical dimensions--are matters today of some surprise and wonder. Marcus first examines the writings of Dr. William Acton, who may be said to represent the "official views" of sexuality held by Victorian society, and Henry Spencer Ashby, the first and most important bibliographer-scholar of pornography. He then turns to the most significant work of its kind from the period, the eleven-volume anonymous autobiography My Secret Life. There follows an analysis of four pornographic Victorian novels--an analysis that throws an oblique but fascinating light on the classics of Victorian literature--and a review of the odd flood of Victorian publications devoted to flagellation. The books concludes with a chapter propounding a general theory of pornography as a sociological phenomenon. Most of the writers and writing being discussed by Marcus belong to Victorian sub-literature rather than to literature proper; in this way the work remains connected to a consideration of the exotic sub-literature. A brilliantly written book in its own right, this work transformed the study of the Victorian period as did no other." -- Provided by publisher
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English literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Erotic literature-- History and criticism.
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Pornography-- England-- History-- 19th century.
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Sex customs-- England-- History-- 19th century.
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Sex in literature.
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Erotica-- history.
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Literature, Modern-- history.
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Sexual Behavior-- history.
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Littérature anglaise-- 19e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
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Pornographie.
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English literature.
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Erotic literature.
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Pornography.
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Sex customs.
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Sex in literature.
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Sexualverhalten
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Geschichte (1830-1900).
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England.
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Großbritannien
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| Dewey Classification
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823/.8093538
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PR468.P6M3 2009
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HQ 18.G5M322o 1966
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