414 Pages
by
Routledge
Comprises a variety of topics, from prostitution to flatulence, and paints a picture of the real and imaginative worlds inhabited by the people of eighteenth-century Britain. This title features a volume dedicated to homosexuality. It is intended for students of eighteenth century culture, queer theory, history of sexuality and book history.
Introduction, A Vindication of the Reformation, on Foot, among the Ladies, to Abolish Modesty and Chastity, and Restore the Native Simplicity of Going Naked (1755), Memoirs of the Voluptuous Conduct of the Capuchins (1755), Great News from Hell, or The Devil Foil’d by Bess Weatherby (1760), The Gentleman’s Bottle-Companion (1768), An Eccentric Lecture on the Art of Propagating the Human Species (1783), A Private Advice (1783), An Heroic Epistle, from Sir Roger Sugar-Cane, Knt. and Bart. to Lady Maria C—n—y, Priestess Elect in the Cyprian Temple (1785?), Venus School-Mistress; or, Birchen Sports (1788?), The Description of a Bawdy-House (1800?), Notes to the Texts
Biography
Kevin L. Cope
