1st Edition

Eighteenth-Century British Erotica, Part II vol 5

Edited By Rictor Norton Copyright 2004
    448 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.

    Acknowledgements, Introduction, Tunbridge-Walks: or, The Yeoman of Kent (1703), The Women-Hater's Lamentation (1707), The He-Strumpets: A Satyr on the Sodomite-Club (1707; 1710), The Play of Sodom, A Tragedy (1707), A New BaUad. To the Tune of [Fair Rosamond (1708), The Second Part, Qf the London Oubs (1709), Love-Letters between a Certain Late Nobleman and the Famous Beau Wilson (1723), An Epistle from Signora F----a to a Lady (1727), Plain Reasons for the Growth of f Sodomy, in England (1730?), College-Wit Sharpen'd; or, The Head of fa House, with, A Sting in the Tail (1739), The Pretty Gentleman: or, Sof ftness of [Manners Vindicated (1747), A Letter to David Garrick, Esq. from William Kenrick, LL.D. (including Love in the Suds; A Town Eclogue) (1772), Sodom and Onan. A Satire (1776), A Sapphick Epistle, .from jack Cavendish to the Honourable and Most Beautifol Mrs. D**** (1778?), Notes to the Texts, Index to Primary Texts (ECBE, set II, volumes i-v)

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    Edited by Rictor Norton