Bad books : Rétif de la Bretonne, sexuality, and pornography / Amy S. Wyngaard
- Author
- Wyngaard, Amy S., 1970-
- Published
- Lanham : University of Delaware, [2013]
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 149 pages) : illustrations
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- 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. and 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.
- Subject(s)
- Restif de La Bretonne, 1734-1806—Criticism and interpretation
- Restif de La Bretonne, 1734-1806
- 1700-1799
- Sex in literature
- Pornography in literature
- Literature and society—France—History—18th century
- Sexualité dans la littérature
- Pornographie dans la littérature
- Littérature et société—France—Histoire—18e siècle
- Literature and society
- France
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781611494211
1611494214
9781644530863 (electronic bk.)
1644530864 (electronic bk.)
9781644530849 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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